Fallen Eden

Since God has said the restoration will come after I pray for my friends...I've been praying. Going through my fb list and praying. Especially for marriages and relationships and families. For parents to be spiritual leaders and impart a godly heritage. For guards to be set around marriages. That they would not just be faithful to each other but would truly have the fulfilling and satisfying marriages that God intended. For families to reflect Christ.
There are so many of my friends who are newly married or engaged or welcoming new babies to their families. But I'm discovering more than I thought who were married but now those relationships appear broken. I don't know how or why...they're just single again. It just completely broke my heart. It should not be this way! Love is supposed to be faithful! It is not supposed to lie. Or to leave. It is not supposed to turn to another.

I feel so broken for the brokenness of this fallen world. Marriage is to reflect the faithfulness and mystery of the love between Christ and the church. But it does not. Fathers are supposed to reflect their heavenly father as they love their children. But so many do not. It burdens my heart. For all the lonely and broken lives. It was not meant to be this way! I've never felt such a burden to cry out for God to bring His kingdom to bear in our lives. To bring His kingdom on earth as it is in heaven. Not just for my own brokenness. But for the lonely and rejected. For the orphan. For the widow and the divorced. For all the abused and broken. Who trusted and were betrayed. How can they know the faithful love of the Lord if they don't see faithful love in us? How can they trust the Trustworthy One when we can't be trusted and we bear His name? God forgive us. For taking love so lightly. For taking our word so lightly.