Teach Us How to Love Each Other
It’s so easy to love each other when we both feel good ~
when we feel affectionate and energetic,
and contented with our lives.
Lord, teach us how to love each other just as deeply
when we are tired
and crabby
and things are going wrong.
Teach us how to love each other
when one of us is annoying
and irritating
and hard to understand.
Lord, grant us the ability
to love one another
deeply and unselfishly
even when we’re difficult to love.
Let us remember, Lord,
that it is during those times
when we are least deserving
of each other’s love
that we are often the most desperately in need
of each other’s love.
Amen.
~From Prayers for Married Couples by Renee Bartkowski
