{"id":1095,"date":"2019-11-26T04:02:55","date_gmt":"2019-11-26T09:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/samuelrainey.com\/blog\/?p=1095"},"modified":"2019-11-26T09:21:22","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T14:21:22","slug":"day-2-marriage-thanksgiving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/samuelrainey.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/day-2-marriage-thanksgiving\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 2: Marriage & Thanksgiving"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In light of this being the American week of Thanksgiving, I\u2019ll be writing about the power of gratitude in marriage, and the encouragement it gives to relationships.<\/em>
Day 1: The Gratitude Jar<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gratitude Prayer & Meditation<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes gratitude in marriage is impossible to find. In these times we need more help than a blog post, counselor, or friend can give us. 

Here is a prayer for couples who are struggling to find thanksgiving in their relationship. If this doesn\u2019t fit your situation, write your own.  

Humble God<\/em>,
We lack gratitude for one another, and we withhold from each other<\/em>
the abundance of good things you have given us. <\/em>

This is not the way we remember being together, in happier times past. <\/em>

How is it that we have gotten so far away from each other? <\/em>
Why is it so hard for us to be open and honest? <\/em>
Why is this pain we feel with each other so intense? <\/em>

We\u2019re sure someone told us this might happen, but we didn\u2019t listen. <\/em>
\u201cNot to us!\u201d we would say. <\/em>
Our love felt different than what we saw in others. We were so grateful for each other.<\/em>

It felt special, and perhaps so unique that we didn\u2019t even need you. <\/em>
As long as we had this intoxicating love, we were ok. <\/em>

Now, we are without this love. <\/em>
In it\u2019s place is coldness, hurt, resentment, and fear. <\/em>
We feel without each other, and without you. We need help.<\/em>

Where do we go from here? <\/em>
Are we able to go back to that land of special love with each other? <\/em>

We are looking too hard for a way back into the Garden. To what once was, but now isn\u2019t. <\/em>
The place we did not responsibly take care of. The place we blamed each other and you.<\/em>

Please give us the courage and compassion with each other to tend to this new place we find ourselves. <\/em>
We need a new vision how to be together, and who it is you want us to become. <\/em>

We cannot do this without your help. <\/em>
Amen.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

____________________________<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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