After some days, at the time of wheat harvest, Samson went to visit his wife with a young goat. And he said, “I will go in to my wife in the chamber.” But her father would not allow him to go in. And her father said, “I really thought that you utterly hated her, so I gave her to your companion. Is not her younger sister more beautiful than she? Please take her instead.”
Judges 15:1-2
LORD I pray today that You would help me to be transparent, revealing my heart and true intentions to those with whom I am in relationship. Help me to be vulnerable, revealing my need for them and desire to be with them. Enable me to be present physically and mentally to counter any negative assumptions that they may make resulting from actions or behaviors that I have displayed. Help me to get beyond me and my feelings, and connect emotionally with those whom You have raised up to be my support. And, when I need time to step away and “cool off”, I pray that You would give them a patient heart to wait on me, not moving on with their lives without me. Knit our hearts together that we might be inseparable as kinfolk in the family of God. In Jesus’ Name I pray. Amen.