Ah, Lord God: It is so true...in today's world there are so many things clamoring for our attention...it is so easy to get pulled away from You. Yet we are reminded that You alone have the words of eternal life -- words that we so need to hear in this day of fleeting reality and shifting "truth". So often, we see the sand shifting under the feet of our loved ones. Too often we see them buffeted about by the winds and waves of overwhelming circumstances. They eat the bread of adversity and drink the waters of affliction, and we wonder, How long, O Lord, how long?
Like your disciples of old who were in the boat with You during the storm, we are tempted to think You are asleep or that You do not care. May we remember how mistaken they were and take comfort in crying out to You, knowing You do care and You do hear. We ask You to incline Your ear, O Lord, and hear; to open Your eyes, O Lord, and see the pain and hurt of those we love. We return to You, O Lord, for we have no where else to go. You tell us that by resting in You we shall be saved and in quietly trusting You we will find strength. Thank you for waiting patiently and with open arms for those who are caught up in disobedience. It appears that You have been hidden from their eyes; may they begin to see You as their Teacher not through our eyes, but with their own eyes. When they begin to turn to the right or left, may they hear Your voice behind them saying, This is the way, walk in it. May your Word be very near to them in the days ahead, not only on their lips, but in their heart. Thank you for loving them even more than we can comprehend. Be our strength as we wait for their return. (John 6.68, 2 Kings 19.16, Isaiah 30.15, 18,20-21, Romans 10.8,21)
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