Blessed Magazine October/November, 2013 Volume 7 | Page 47

Marriages that are struggling or in crisis can be mended when God is at their center. He is always faithful and wants the best for us. Even good marriages can be made great when we are open to God’s leading and direction through prayer. As Corrie Ten Boom suggested above, I don’t want prayer to be used only when something huge or catastrophic is happening in our marriage. I want it to be the force drives us forward. Regular prayer together will do just that…steer us by God’s hand toward a marriage that is both a blessing to us and to God. Leaning upon Him, Joan About the Author Joan Davis is married to her college sweetheart and is the mother of two grown children, and the grandmother of two sweet grandchildren. She and her husband make their home in Northern California where they enjoy hiking and exploring the great outdoors. As a young mother, Joan felt God’s tug on her heart and accepted Christ as her Lord and Savior, and over the years has been learning just ?how wide and high and deep God’s love really is? (Ephesians 3:18). Through both smooth and challenging times in her life, Joan has seen God’s faithfulness and looks at each day as a new day to cel ebrate His goodness. Joan believes that everything in our lives happens for a reason and the life-lessons learned along the way should be shared with others in order to build the body up for Christ. Her prayer is that God will use her writings and other offerings to bring honor and glory to Him. To find out more about Joan, please visit her women’s devotional blog, ?The Beauty in His Grip? or her marriage site, ?Water to Wine Marriage?. www.thebeautyinhisgrip.com and www.watertowinemarriage.com We would love to hear from you in regards to this article, please write us at [email protected] and voice your opinion Page 47 Blessed Magazine