6 Prayers for a Grieving Spouse

Father God, you know that my husband is grieving. I see him going through the motions of life but not engaging with it. I see a dark cloud hovering over him even as he goes to work and interacts with me and our children. His countenance has changed. He rarely smiles or laughs.

Remind me that he has to work through this grief in his own time, not mine. Remind me that I can show him the love of Christ by being longsuffering and not pushing him to “move on” or to “get over it.” Give me strength and perseverance in this dark season. Help me to make our home a safe place where he feels free to grieve.

Please wrap your loving arms around him. Remind him of your love. You are the great comforter, and I ask that you would comfort him. Allow the dark cloud to lift in your perfect timing. Allow him to show our children how to grieve well and how to have joy in you even though he is unhappy.

While all our grief stories are unique, one common denominator is that we are made to be relational, and God allows us to be there for one another in good times and in bad. If nothing else, we can pray to live out 2 Corinthians 1:3-4.

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.”

Pray for your spouse and yourself that your grief can be used for the good of God’s people and that, in time, you can comfort others with the comfort you have been given.