My mom and my little sister are having a hard year, and especially a hard Christmas season… Not only is their home (my sister’s only home ever) being threatened by my Mother’s divorce proceedings (my sister’s dad doesn’t want to give it up despite there being no profit in it), but her social security has been messed up since birth and seems to only be more messed up lately, and she’s finally (after 8 months) starting to show some behavioral problems probably due to her father leaving and our baby being born. She’s a very sweet girl, 14 years old but developmentally about 3, and frankly we expected her to have some bumps in the road before this. Still, it came right on the heels of Mom getting news that the Social Security is now further messed up (with wrong information in the file) and April’s father is behind on support (for reasons Support Enforcement hasn’t been able to explain and won’t seem to investigate) and then she found out that April’s dad is still trying to get the house to be sold in the divorce even though there’s no profit in it and all the money for the down payment came from Mom without his help anyhow, and now we’ve found out that our electric bill is skyrocketing because there seems to be a problem with our forced air heat venting under the house and we’re not sure how to investigate it much less fix it. Anyhow, I’m not trying to complain and I don’t even feel very worried or upset about it myself, but my Mom is taking it very hard and feeling very overwhelmed and having a hard time, and so, I’m writing this prayer for her. I hope if you’re having troubles or worries yourself you can take some comfort in it as well. Praying together is always more powerful… will you pray with us today?
Lord, we so often find ourselves vulnerable to worry. We find ourselves feeling drowned in the concerns of day to day life and the things that are so small to You, and yet we forget to turn to You and allow You to take care of them. Today, Lord, we ask that You place your hand over our lives, and we thank You that You are already working to fix these things that bring such trouble to our minds. Lord, You have told us in our word that we are no longer slaves and that we have been set free in Christ, but we forget so easily and allow ourselves to be slave to money, slave to culture, slave to social restrictions, and especially slave to worry. We pray today, Lord, that You remind us we are already free because You say so, and that You help us to live our lives with the Faith that you will work to make all these things work out for our good, because You told us You would, Lord. And we are so so grateful for it. Keep us insulated from the Devil’s tampering, Lord, and protect us when he would attack us most strongly. We know that he is nothing compared to your power, Lord, and that worry allows him to gain a foothld. We thank You for putting our minds at ease and for making clear our paths, Lord, In Jesus’ Name, Amen.
Verses: I have been set free in Christ. For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be subject again to the yoke of slavery (Galations 5:1)
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purposes. Romans 8:28
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