We always heard the saying “A family that prays together, stays together”. Is that still true? I’m starting to believe that prayer is missing in modern relationships. When was the last time you went down on your knees and prayed with your partner? When was the last time you took your troubles to the lord in prayer? We deal with so much insignificant garbage when it comes to relationships, we forget who’s grace is really with us. I think the problem is too many couples are getting together because of the physical connection and disregarding everything else.
I think we can all admit there were some relationships from our past that never included spiritual commonality. We saw something with a cute face and a even cuter______ and we just fell in love. How they put it down in the bedroom became more important than how connected he was with a higher power. You rather cuss at him about the chick that looked at him a little too long while you were in the drive-thru rather than being more concerned that you never seem to have a spiritual connection. We find ourselves in relationships that really have no substance and spirituality seems to be left out. I can admit that I never experienced many relationships back in the day where prayer was talked about or even done between us. It wasn’t until my last relationship where I experienced a higher elevation in a relationship. We put God first. We went to service together, we prayed at the table, we even read scriptures to each other. We found that without God our relationship meant nothing. Most recently I met a guy and the first thing he asked me wasn’t “So tell me about yourself” or “What happened with your last relationship.”His first question to me was “Do you believe in God?” I honestly found that refreshing. When was the last time you met someone that was more concerned about your spiritual standing than how quick you let a n*gga hit when you meet him?
As we get older I think a lot of us have a better sense of who we are and what we want. Spirituality has become a big requirement in my dating book. If we can’t praise together, there is no way for us to have a healthy relationship. No matter what God you praise spirituality should play a huge role in the people you allow into your life. Although praying does not guarantee ever lasting happiness with the one you’re with, it makes things clearer when things don’t go as you thought. If God can take you there he can pull you through. At the end of the day the sex might be great and the kisses might make your body shiver, but without a deeper connection your relationship is nothing but a shell of emptiness.
