Bride's Prayer: What's Mine is Yours?

One of the biggest adjustments to marriage is changing from an "I" mentality to a "We" mentality. If that is something you are not used to or if you have always been independent most your life, this could be a struggle and it can turn divisive in your future marriage.

It goes to not making a decision without consulting the other, sharing your belongings, combining your household as one, etc.

You don't want to co-habitate. You aren't going to be roommates. You don't want to ask permission. You aren't each other's parents. Everything needs to be done in partnership. By sharing. By acting as one.

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No more, it's my money because I earned it mentality. No more I bought this because I wanted it even though you didn't. No more It's your mess, you pick it up. No more, I don't know it's not my problem. You will live as one.

. . .‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? So they are no longer two but one flesh. . . - Matthew 19:5-6

Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. - Philippians 2:4

Know that there is an engagement period for a reason. Practice making decisions together, doing things together. This means not saying, "It's my wedding because I'm the bride!" Instead, practice by saying, "It's OUR wedding."

The Prayer

For too long I have relied on myself but now as I enter into marriage, I know that my future husband and I will rely on each other. God, guide me to the attitude of partnership, of seeing his needs and views before my own so that we may work together as a team through life. 

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