🌹 The Husband Files: Journal + Poetry Prompts Companion
1. “The Showdown, Love Come Down”
Theme: Covenant love, spiritual alignment before physical union.
Journal Prompts:
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What does holy union mean to you personally?
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How can you prepare your heart for a relationship centered on God first?
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Write about a time when you felt “seen” in both your spirit and your humanity.
Poetry Prompts: -
Write a poem beginning with “Heaven approved, with God’s stamp sealed…”
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Describe love as a battlefield that ends in peace, not war.
2. “The Sacred Vow”
Theme: God as first love and ultimate bridegroom.
Journal Prompts:
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How have you mistaken your desire for a person for a deeper desire for God?
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What would it look like for you to make a “sacred vow” to God in your own words?
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Where have you seen His faithfulness when your plans didn’t match your prayers?
Poetry Prompts: -
Write your own love letter to God as your “first husband.”
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Begin with “I said I was ready for love, but love already found me…”
3. “Keep Your Eyes on Me and Woman Me”
Theme: Confidence, divine femininity, and holy desire.
Journal Prompts:
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What parts of your womanhood or self-expression have you been told to hide?
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How do you reconcile strength and softness in yourself?
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Reflect on a time when you felt powerful, seen, and unashamed.
Poetry Prompts: -
Write from your body’s perspective, speaking to your soul.
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Begin a poem with “He can look beyond just what the eyes can see…”
4. “She’s More Than a Body”
Theme: Identity, reverence, and body positivity.
Journal Prompts:
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What lies have you believed about your body? Replace them with God’s truths.
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Describe how your body has carried you through pain and praise.
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In what ways can you honor your physical form as holy and good?
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Write a praise poem that begins, “Watch me walk, watch me strut…”
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Personify your body as a temple that speaks back to you.
5. “Can’t Mess with Queen Bee”
Theme: Empowerment, restoration, joy in redemption.
Journal Prompts:
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Where have you reclaimed power or joy after loss or shame?
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What does being “the blueprint, not the copy” mean to you?
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How do you balance humility and confidence in your calling?
Poetry Prompts: -
Begin with “There’s only room for one queen bee…”
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Write about a woman rising from ashes, honey dripping from her scars.
6. “Song of Songs: A Reprisal”
Theme: Sacred intimacy, covenant desire.
Journal Prompts:
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What does “reverent desire” mean to you in contrast to worldly desire?
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How can intimacy reflect worship and not idolatry?
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Describe a love that brings you closer to God instead of farther away.
Poetry Prompts: -
Write a duet-style poem between spirit and flesh.
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Begin with “Not for shame but for reverence…”
7. “In the Eyes of My King, My Husband, My Covering”
Theme: Being fully seen and loved without condition.
Journal Prompts:
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How have you learned to accept being “too much” or “not enough”?
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What does it feel like to be truly covered, not controlled?
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Write about someone who sees you the way God does.
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Begin with “In his eyes, I’m everything he prayed for.”
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Write a love poem that ends in worship, not desire.
8. “I Am Not Ashamed of the Garden”
Theme: Healing, redemption, celebration of scars and sacred beauty.
Journal Prompts:
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What are your “scars that summon”—the places that drew God or love closer?
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How can you turn your pain into a testimony of beauty?
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What does it mean to you to be both desired and holy?
Poetry Prompts: -
Begin with “I am not ashamed…”
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Write a poem in the voice of your scars, each telling a truth about redemption.
💌 Reflection Section: “From My Pen to Yours”
Journal Prompts:
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What truth from this collection struck your heart most deeply?
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How does this redefine “holy desire” for you?
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Write your own closing note: what has God been teaching you through love and longing?
Poetry Prompts: -
Begin with “I didn’t write this to impress…”
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Write a poem of release — what are you freeing yourself from?
