The praying wife.

There was once a day when I was a Christian and my husband was not. It was hard and scary at times when I thought about his salvation.

I worried for him and when his time was done on this earth. Worried about him being separated from God forever. I had nights where I would panic thinking about it. I worried for our future children and how we were going to raise them. How would I answer my child asking me why daddy didn't believe in God?

So, up until January 2020 this was my situation. My husband and I were together for almost 10 years before he got saved. How did I handle this?

Well, first, I turned it over to God, prayed, and focused on myself. It was that simple. Was it easy? Absolutely not. There were so many times I just wanted to scream at my husband, "would you just accept Jesus already?". But the last thing I needed to do was push my husband further away from myself and God. Judgement, anger, and resentment are not of God, and that is what I was feeling toward my husband. I needed to love my husband and meet him where he was at, just as Jesus did.

Our God is almighty and capable of anything. One thing that I have always known but was deeply reminded of is that God wants everyone's hearts. From the most righteous, to the most wicked, He wants them all.

We were married in June 2016, bought our house in August 2017, had our son in July 2018, and got saved in January 2020. I look back at this timeline and see all the ways God strategically moved in our lives. In 2017 God placed someone in our lives who changed everything. It took about three years. Three years of a few hours of conversation, about every other week, for my husband's heart to be softened more and more until he finally sought God's mercy and love.

There is so much more to the story, maybe for another time. I'll end with this....

God's timing is perfect even if it doesn't feel like it. God has the most beautiful plan for your life and your spouse's life. God wants all our hearts, trust in that and press into Him for strength and wisdom to witness to your spouse. Pray, pray, and pray some more for your marriage, your spouse, and yourself. Rejoice in every blessing from God because His path is perfect for you, no matter the storm. Allow God to do his work.

I encourage you as well to look into Lee Strobel's story. He wrote the book, "A Case for Christ", and there is a movie as well. It's not only an amazing testimony, but such a great example of the power of a praying wife.

Also, the book The Praying Wife is great!

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"I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh."

Ezekiel 36:26 NIV