Those words from a sweet mama, sitting across from me with tears streaming down her face. “I feel like such a failure. It seems when it comes to dealing with my loved one, I do everything wrong.” I understood.. I have felt that pain. Walking through the valley of the shadows is dark, difficult and lonely. There is no guidebook. No manual. And we fail.
And there is grace.
And as we receive His grace, we must pass it on. We must remember that they need grace too. The ones we love...they need grace.
And His word says, "Your mercies are new every morning." We get to start over. We get to push the reset button. And there is no limit to how many times we can do that. Because His mercies are infinite.
I pray today that we would be easy on ourselves, that we would step into all the grace that He has for us. And as we receive His grace I pray we would be able to extend it to the ones who need it the most.
September 24, 2019 Our prayer for our loved one today:
Lamentations 3:22-26 NIV [22] Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail[23] They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness[24] I say to myself, “The Lord is my portion; therefore I will wait for him.” [25] The Lord is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him; [26] it is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord.
Lord God, we praise you today because your love for us and your love for [our loved one] is great and vast and wonderful! Lord I believe that you pour your love down on us continually!
Because of your great love we don't have to be consumed by the difficulties we face. Lord, we pray that [our loved one] will not be consumed by [his/her] circumstances today. We pray that [our loved one] would be enveloped by your love and your compassion, because they never, ever fail! Thank you that your mercies for us and for [our loved one] are new every morning, every moment. Thank you that your faithfulness in [our loved one's] life is overflowing. Abba daddy, you are my portion. I will wait patiently for you because I trust that you are faithful! We know that you are always good to those who hope in you. We wait with that hope for [our loved one's] life to change as [he/she] chooses to seek you. We wait quietly, expectantly for [our loved one's] salvation, both [his/her] eternal salvation and [his/her] deliverance from the strongholds in [his/her] life. We pray this in Jesus Name! Amen.
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