Prayers for you.

 


This year has been hard. Yes, a bit for me, but a lot for three ladies who are dear to me. One lost her spouse to cancer. Another to heart disease. The other to COVID. All lost the loves of their lives, their mate, their other half, and now they have an empty house.

While at first, there will be visitors and others who will check in on them, when all that ends, they still have an empty house. Little things will catch them unaware. A noise will trigger tears. A place, an activity will bring sorrow. The tears have no set pattern, but they will, and have come. There will be times when there is no consolation, there will be times when their pillow is soaked from crying themselves to sleep. It is hard, but they all have Jesus and an Abba Father to lean into. They have prayer support from all over the world.

Then, in this new season of life, they will find the things that bring them joy. It could be a stray button from his favorite shirt. Perhaps a cardinal sits in a tree chirping at them. A sunrise or sunset will remind them that God is still in control, and their loved ones are in good Hands.

Still, even after a time, they will need us. They will need to know that there is someone out there praying for them. They will need someone to help them with things they hadn't done before. They will need their family as well as their Church family to help them through. 

To these dear ladies...two of you are miles away, but I am here for you if you need a shoulder. For the one who is here, the same is true for you, but also if you need someone to walk around the block with you, or just have tacos with, I'm here. I'm a phone call away...for any of you. 

Love all of you to bits, I'm praying for all of you in this new season you're finding yourselves in, and God is right there for you.

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