I hope that you have been praying for me as much as I have been praying for you. Although you may think I am perfect, I have a long ways to go and I pray that we can grow together. And if we’re going to be together until death, then trust me, you are going to need these prayers:

1.I pray that you love Jesus even more than I do. I pray that you can draw me closer to Him and that we can grow in our faith together. I pray that you love Him more than you love me. I hope that you will turn to Him when we don’t see eye-to-eye and not to your buddies. If you already have a strong relationship with Him, then together we can do nothing but grow nearer and nearer to Him every day.

2.I pray that you have patience. You will need it with me. I change my mind more than you can imagine and it will eventually irritate you, but when it does I pray that you are patient with me. When we have plans made for a week, and at the last minute I decide that I just can’t go, I pray you will understand and kindly stay home with me to binge-watch Netflix or delve into a new Bible study.

3.I pray that you will love my family, despite their shortcomings. No family is perfect, and I pray you will remember that with mine. I am a product of my family and sometimes I may show it in full force, and in those times I pray that you remember what I have seen and been a part of. I hope you will accept them and their imperfections, but also strive to give our children parents that have an unrelenting love for one another.

4.I pray that you will try to understand my anxiety. Even though I don’t understand it fully, I pray that you will try. I am going to get upset over what seems like nothing, and I hope you know that I can’t help it. After I blow things out of proportion, I will beat myself up for overreacting and I pray that you will welcome me with grace and forgiveness. I pray that you will choose to love me even when I am unlovable.

5. I pray that you won’t hold my past against me. I hope that you will remember that I haven’t always had an intimate relationship with Christ and because of that I made some bad decisions. I pray that you will choose to leave those decisions in the past and accept me for the woman of Christ that I am now. Because believe me, if I could take back some things, I would do it in a heartbeat, but what’s done is done.

6. Lastly, I pray that you have been praying these same prayers for me. I know that if we are both devoted to the Lord and centering our relationship around Him that we will honor Him every day. By honoring Him there isn’t a doubt in my heart that we will break that chain of broken marriages that I have observed throughout my life.