A few months ago, I read an article about the wedding of Jinger Duggar, one of the many Duggar children from the reality show “Counting On” and “19 Kids and Counting”. There was a quote from Jim Bob (Jinger’s Dad) that said “We have been praying every day of Jinger’s life that she would grow up and meet a guy that loved God.” This got me thinking, I have prayed for a Godly husband, like the Duggar’s have for their daughter, but what about praying for the man himself? Like, instead of just asking God to bring him into my life, actually praying prayers for the person that I have yet to meet. I pray daily for all of the people in my life, so would it be so weird to start praying for my husband, even before I know him? I feel like I have heard of people doing this but I’ve never thought twice about it, until now. All of a sudden, it makes complete sense to me.

So now that I’ve decided to pray for him, what do I pray? It is kind of exciting and weird to pray for someone that I don’t know but in the future, will be so important to me. I can start by praying for his health and well being, praying for his job and his family, praying for him to be full of the fruits of the Spirit and to find favor with the Lord in whatever he is doing or dealing with. I can pray for him to be blessed and for God’s will to be done in his life. I can also pray that he is praying for me too. Wouldn’t that be cool? I hope that that is happening.

In the midst of all this pondering, I came across the book “31 Prayers For My Future Husband” by Jennifer and Aaron Smith. I downloaded it to my Kindle and immediately started reading/praying. I have already prayed through the book once but now I am including one of the prayers each day, along with my daily Bible reading. This idea is so fascinating to me that I gave a copy of the book to each of my single, Christian girlfriends for Valentine’s Day so that they can start praying for their future husbands too.

Have you been praying, not just for a husband, but for the actual man that will be your husband? I know it’s kind of weird but I want to encourage you to start. Prayers are powerful.

Blessings,

Angela