Prayer 5

HIS AFFECTION

Lord, I pray for open physical affection between my husband and me. Enable each of us to lay aside self-consciousness or apathy and be effusive in our display of love. Help us to demonstrate how much we care for an value each other. Remind us throughout each day to affectionately touch on another in some way. Help us to not be cold, undemonstrative, uninterested, or remote. Enable us to be warm, tender, compassionate, loving, and adoring. Break through and hardheadedness on our part that refuses to change and grow. If one of us is less affectionate to the others' detriment, bring us into balance.
Where any lack of affection has planted a negative view of marriage in our children, or taught them an incorrect way of relating to a marriage partner, help us model the right way so that they can observe it. Show us how to openly confess our errors to them and demonstrate our commitment to live differently.
Change our habits of indifference or busy-ness. May we not take each other for granted that we don't make the effort to reach out and touch one another with affection. Help us not to weaken the marriage with neglect of this vital means of communication. I pray that we always greet one another with a kiss of love. (1 peter 5:14) I know that only the transforming power of the Holy Spirit can make changes that last. I trust You to transform us and make us the husband and wife You called us to be.
(page 72 from TPOPW)

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Wow, this prayer was huge for me. God really pointed out that I was the one who lacked in showing my affection. My husband is amazing at showing his affection for me. He would come behind my back and hold me. Basically he would hold me any time he could. He loved to be close and touching. I did...but then it kind of wore off. I dont know why...a part of me thinks it's the Mirena IUD that I have. But I just dont know.
My husband would ask for me to lay on him on the couch while we were watching TV or a movie, and I would deny him. I never should have, because I was showing him that I didn't want to be close to him...and that just wasn't the case. I never really realized it till now. I pray that, if I get another chance at being my husband wife in his home, I will show him the affection he deserves. He is a wonderful man deserving of the affection of his wife.
I love my husband!!