Preparation for marriage

Hello Friends!
I write you today to write about preparation for a very important matter: marriage. I think many times we hope one day to be married and many of us rush though that process, find a person and then end up married and its more than we imagined.  Thus, we must prepare to be a wife or husband and that takes LOTS of effort.

I'm writing you think because its something in the last few years God has really placed on my heart. A desire to work hard at learning to be the type of wife my husband would be blessed by. Proverbs 31:10 says "Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies." I want to be seen as valuable in that way.

The first thing I would encourage you to do is to start praying for your spouse, whoever they are. Be praying that God would grow them and shape them into someone of Him even if you don't know who that could possibly be. Also be praying that God would make you into the spouse your wife or husband would be looking for.

Praying for your future spouse is not praying for God to send you a princess or prince charming (for me prince charming as I am a female but I know some men read this blog which is why I am trying to keep it gender neutral). Be praying for whover that person is that you might help them be a better servant.  We can and do make a difference in eternity when we pray. Marriage is a spiritual endeavor that begins with prayer and fasting.

So friends as you begin to search for the one God might have for you be praying. Prayer moves the hand of God and changes hearts.

:)