Lovelessness
"Sister Cerullo, help me! Nights are torture. I just don't love him anymore."
This is not just the desperate cry of one isolated Christian woman; but it is the cry of many thousands of Christians throughout the country. It breaks my heart when wives or husbands ask, "How do you get through the night when love is gone?" Trapped in a loveless marriage, they feel caged and almost out of control. What is the answer?
Reading the description of the "virtuous woman" in Proverbs, chapter 31, I noticed that in all the verses devoted to this lady and all she did for others, nowhere did it say that it was her husband's love that sustained her! It says that he had confidence in her. There are 13 verses about how hard she worked while he was out sitting with the boys at the city gate!
What made her victorious? What gave her the strength and power to succeed? It was her relationship with the Lord. He freed her from feeling mentally and emotionally trapped, and He can free you, any of you, who look to Him as David did, saying “I will be glad and rejoice in your love, for you saw my affliction and knew the anguish of my soul. You have not given me into the hands of the enemy but have set my feet in a spacious place” (Psalm 31:7-8, NIV).
Look to God to free you to a whole new relationship with Him. Soon you will discover an entirely new perspective on your marriage and your spouse!
God loves you and wants to answer your prayer. Say this prayer with me:
Heavenly Father, I praise You that where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty! I repent of any anger, bitterness, hatred or resentment I may be harboring toward my spouse. Help me to focus on developing a more fruitful relationship with You, and all other things will come new! Let your love flow through me. In Jesus' Name, Amen.