Praying on the Run - Card 6

No, I haven't given up praying on the run (or praying on the walk). I seem to be out of the habit of posting about it...with all the holiday posts and subsequent mice posts. But I am prepared with card #6.

The quote on this card comes from Diane Jelkin, who shares what she felt God prompting her heart regarding her husband: "Show [him] you love him...Don't be afraid. Trust Me. I'll show you the way."

My added prayer is for direction for tangible acts of love to demonstrate toward him daily.

I had a chat with one of my friends the other day, and our talk turned to relationships. She told me about a good friend of hers who got married three or four years ago, I think. She was in her late thirties when she got married, and her husband was forty. Neither had been married before, and both had prayed long and hard for the blessing of a spouse. She said they really know how to appreciate each other because they didn't have each other for so long. And this really got to both of us...every day, he asks her how he can help her and show love to her that day.

Goose bump moment!

I've not read The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman, but I'm familiar with the concept and want to read that book before I get married. I know from my past relationship (before I understood that concept) that I tended to shower love upon him the way I wanted him to shower love upon me. And he and I spoke very different love languages. I probably could have shown love by willingly watching some of his favorite TV shows instead of sitting there in distraction, folding laundry and putting things away. But because I don't like to live in a mess, I thought cleaning up was the most loving thing thing I could do.

I love to give, and I want to be able to give to Mr. Missing through tangible acts, but I also want to make sure I'm showing love in a way that he hears love. I don't want to lose it in translation. And I want to make sure that is a daily priority for me.