Praying for Richane

P: Lord, thank you for such a wonderful wife. I really enjoy her friendship and her love. Thank you for helping us find each other.

L: You are welcome. You two will be friends for a good long time. It is a wonderful thing to have a close companion with whom you can do anything.

P: Lord, how can I pray for her and bless her?

L: Empower her. Show her the potential inside her, and help her to use it.

P: Lord, sometimes she seems a little reticent about having a more personal relationship with You. Is there anything I can do?

L: Not in any active sense. However, she is vigilant of the relationship you have with Me. She knows there is something deeper. Did you want anything deeper when you were younger, or were you afraid of me?

P: Yes and yes. I did want something deeper, but I was convinced it was not possible, and even then I was afraid that something deeper would be some sort of religious prison. What can I do Lord? I want her to know you, as I know you. I want her to more in love with you than she is with me.

L: First, know that by loving her, you are loving Me, and by her loving you she is loving me. What do you think she sees in you?

P: My rugged good looks?

L: I love you Patrick. Yes, there is that, but she sees me in you. I AM what she first saw in you, whether she realized it or not. Patrick, you have become more and more like me, whether you always believe it or not. People are attracted to real love. You have always been a lover, but recently, you have become a lover of me, and a lover like me. That is the attraction. So, even though your desire is for her to really know and love me in the way you do, don’t confuse who I made you to be and who I made her to be. She is not the same kind of person that you are, and the ways she loves are not the same. But, she is in love with me. She has yet to express it in ways that you understand, because you seek my voice and you seek the deep, because you want the rich juice of who I AM. You are further along than she, and you are also a person who wants the rich juice out of everyone you meet.

P: Ok, Lord. I understand. But, I still want her to know your voice, to know your peace, to know your love, and to be totally in love with you.

L: It’s only your first year Patrick. Not even you loved me as little as five years ago. Give her time and let her soak in my love. It usually does the trick.

P: Ok, Lord. Thanks for her. She is such a blessing.