Greetings Prayer Warriors,
What a blessing to have a faith community, or at least some friends who share your faith and love for Christ. Friends can empathize, encourage, and journey with you when you are in need of support. So often though, we can still feel alone in our worries, until we realize that no matter how big or small they are, others have experienced the same or similar. Nobody has a charmed life, it’s just that some people’s crosses are hidden. No one has the perfect family, for in reality they all are perfectly flawed.
So how does one handle family member issues and concerns, especially those that seem to surface like a whack-a-mole, one after another? Discomfort exists in knowing we can’t change another person’s life, eliminate their pain, or undo their bad decisions, but we aren’t helpless. We do control how much we pray. So let’s harness the power of prayer, and pray for an increase in wisdom, that the Lord may guide us in our words and interactions, and that we may be his voice, hands, and feet as we interact with troubled family members. We must remember, they are His beloved.
Therefore I prayed, and prudence was given me; I pleaded and the spirit of Wisdom came to me. For in her is a spirit intelligent, holy, unique, manifold, subtle, agile, clear, unstained, certain, never harmful, loving the good, keen, unhampered, beneficent, kindly, firm, secure, tranquil, all-powerful, all-seeing, and pervading all spirits,though they be intelligent, pure and very subtle. Wisdom 7:7, 22-23
Lord, grant us wisdom, helping us to be kind, gentle, patient, and loving with family and friends. For when one is touched by Love, the seeds of transformation take root, and with a deluge of prayer, slowly begin to blossom and bear fruit. May wisdom spread! Give us the grace to continue to be the sowers of love so that you may be glorified by the harvest! Amen.
Peace, Joy, and Love,
Janet
Love should never end! Pass it on!
