

Pray that your husband will be faithful to his wedding vows. I pray that I would always be thankful for him,įrom, A Prayer of Thanks for My Husband, Rachel Wojnarowski I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in his word I hope my soul waits for the Lord more than those who watch for the morning, more than those who watch for the morning. Pray that as he waits for Christmas and the celebration of Christ’s birth, he will also wait for the risen Christ to come again. Let’s pray this watchword for our husband this week. The watchword for the first week of Advent is WAIT. Pray that your husband will be on guard, and keep watch that he might be ready for Christ when He comes again. Preparation involves paying attention and staying awake. The watchword for the second Sunday of Advent is PREPARE. My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior… for the Mighty One has done great things for me, and holy is his name. Pray that your husband will rejoice in God our Savior. This week’s watchword is REJOICE – A reminder that this time of waiting and preparation is a joyful time. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son. Pray that your husband will grow to support and love others. Pray that your husband will see others as the image-bearers of God that they are. Pray that his life will be built on the foundation of Jesus and that he will grow in grace – always sensing God’s presence. Pray that, as this year comes to an end and we look forward to a new year, the Lord will help your husband to grow daily in maturity in God. Our government needs to invest in its people,” she said.Weekly Prayer Prompts to help in praying for your husband “If we’re going to get out of this COVID lock of being backed up, then hire more. Norman says she thinks more judges would allow the courts to tackle the delays - so she’s not waiting until death do them part. So there is political and judicial will,” she said.

“Chief Justice Morawetz has indicated that the situation can’t continue as it is and he is ready to undertake broad reforms. “From our perspective, this is an all-hands-on-deck problem,” McDermott said. President Kelly McDermott said there are plenty of people frustrated at the delays, which she also said are largely thanks to backlogs from the pandemic when many courts limited their operations or moved online. Their website is calling for people to submit their own timelines in a survey in the hope that the OBA can get enough data to track the problem.

The Superior Court didn’t respond to a media inquiry from CTV News.ĭelays are such an issue that the Ontario Bar Association has put out an unusual call for people’s experiences in the courts. The Office of the Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs Canada says that there are 3 vacancies out of 50 judges in Ontario’s Family Court, and 19 vacancies out of 205 positions in the Superior Court. “Some courts, including the one in Newmarket, are extremely backed up still from COVID-19,” he said.Īccording to court file numbers, Toronto has processed about 2800 family court matters this year, Brampton about 1200, Milton about 450, Newmarket about 1000, Ottawa about 1000, Hamilton around 700, and London about 600.Īnother issue is how many judges are there to handle the volume. He said some courts like Brampton move uncontested divorces through in just weeks.

The delays in Norman’s case are very common, said lawyer Adam Slater who is representing the couple with ezDivorce. Her next marriage, planned at a resort in Cuba, won’t be a legal wedding unless she’s able to get some documents to the Cuban government, and that takes time too. “In theory, it was supposed to be done by June at the latest. courthouse, which seemed like an easy step given that both parties have already agreed on all aspects of the case.īut as May came and went, Norman said she hadn’t heard back, she began to get worried. The next stop is a Superior Court judge in a Newmarket, Ont. Records show it was approved by a government agency in February. Norman’s marriage with her soon-to-be ex-husband is still on the books in Ontario, long after the pair separated and jointly filed an uncontested divorce in January. I was hoping to say ‘I do’ to someone I love - and I’m so let down.” “I just want to be with him,” Norman told CTV News in an interview. An Ontario couple’s uncontested divorce case is taking so long in court that it’s interfering with the soon-to-be ex-wife’s next wedding.Īs pandemic-related delays are tying up courts in some regions, Krista Norman's plan for an August wedding is slipping through her fingers.
