Please let this be the year...

Father-

I pray that this year will be the year that my husband is blessed with the job he deserves. He has grown frustrated in the 5 long years he has struggled to find work. We pray. Nothing happens. He keeps applying. Nothing happens. He goes on an interview now and again. Nothing happens.

God, we need your hand in this. Just last week, he had a promising interview. Will this be the door you will finally open? Is this the reason the other interviews, applications and calls went unanswered? Will this finally be my husband's time to shine?

Please say yes. Please send his blessing. He has waited... patiently... on you... Please show us your faithfulness and allow this awful barrier/mountain to move out of my husband's way so he show the world how brilliant and remarkable he truly is.

In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

Trying to stay positive...

God,

I am trying my best to get over this frustration and angst I have. My husband and I went to church on Sunday hoping that would help. I can't say it did much for me. I feel disconnected from you. I feel far from where I was - simply because my spirit is tired of praying for things to happen that never do. I remember going through bouts of this long ago... when I was praying for the right man to come into my life... and one day, finally, when I least expected, you did just that... When I recall times like that, I can see your faithfulness. I can see your plan at work and your perfect (but definitely not on my watch) timing. I don't know why my spirit cannot find that same perspective and continue to pray even when I am at a loss for words.

Help me find you. Help me to trust in your plan. Help to see and believe that your way is better for me than anything I could control on my own. Help me to stay fervent in praying for my husband and help me to find the patience to wait on you, God. Help me to find the right words to encourage my husband and help him to stay encouraged as he waits for the job you are preparing for him.

God - hear my prayer and give us an answer please.

In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

Not sure how to pray anymore...

God,

It's taken me weeks to even write this because my heart has been so conflicted.

You tell us to pray... even when we can't find the words... because you can hear the words in our hearts... Is that true? Can you hear the tears in my heart? Can you feel the frustration in my spirit? Can you understand the anger I feel inside? I pray - I pray some more - He prays - and He prays some more... And still - nothing happens...

I am beginning to feel as though we are being punished. For what, I am not sure. But my husband has struggled for YEARS to find work without any success. We've tried to stay strong. We've tried to stay encouraged. We've tried to just "keep praying until something happens". But how long must we wait? Each time we feel as though a blessing is behind the next door, we end up disappointed.

Where are you, God? What can be your plan in all of this?

I am typically very steadfast in believing you are faithful and will answer our prayers - but, at this point, I am just not sure anymore.

If you can hear me - I need a sign that you are listening to my prayers. I need to know that these cries for a job blessing for my husband are not in vain. I need to know you are there, God.

Waiting for good news...

God,

We are on vacation and enjoying our time away. But in the back of our minds, we are anxious about the news we'll receive for my husband when we return home. Will a job offer finally come? Will someone finally see the brilliance in him and extend a helping hand? Will he finally be able to regain his confidence that has been so lost since he has not been able to find work?

Lord, I pray for you to hear our prayers. I pray you will bless my husband in a big way. He has waited so long and I just want him to be happy and satisfied with his purpose again.

Thank you for loving us.

In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

Thankful for good interviews

Lord-

Thank you for keeping us encouraged and helping us to know you are hearing our prayers. My husband had 2 great interviews in recent weeks and we are finally starting to believe that his job blessing is on the horizon. It has been a truly long wait - but I am hopeful that the wait will pay off in a big way.

Thank you for loving us - even more than we deserve - and for blessing us in so many ways.

In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

Momentary lapse

Lord, it has been a hectic month, but I know that is no excuse to miss out on time with you. I try to find the words to pray. I try to find the time to devote to this blog. But I must do better. God, forgive me when I fail to spend time with you or give you the time you deserve. I desperately seek your blessings upon my husband and our marriage - but I know I must be faithful in prayer in order to make things happen.

Father, please provide motivation, focus and endurance for my husband to run this race. Help him feel confident in his abilities and positive about his chances of finding work through the finance agency. I know he can. You know he can. He needs to know that he can.

Lord, give me the words of encouragement and the arms of support for whatever he needs. Help me to be the woman and wife you intended me to be. I ask for your blessings upon our marriage as we continue to grow, change and go through this journey together.

Thank you for all you've done, all you're doing and all you will do.

In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

An accomplishment!

Lord, thank you for helping my husband to finish his certification on a high note. He has been working SO hard and I am SO very proud of him. Thank you for giving him a sense of accomplishment and allowing him to focus in times of burnout.

God, as this phase ends and a new one begins for my husband, I pray you will give him strength, endurance and perseverance to be successful.  I pray he will seek you for guidance and will follow your lead as He begins to look for work again.  Lord, I pray that this is the time. He has put in good work to get to this point... Now we wait on you... What is your will for him? What blessing awaits him just around the bend? God, let this be his time to shine.

Lord, bless my husband. Thank you for all you are doing and all you will do.

In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.