A Prayer In Pain
“God, help me! Please take this pain away. Please give me some relief! I can’t do this!!!
I know you can! Help me learn from this. Whatever I’m supposed to learn, help me learn. I love you! Thank you. Thank you for loving me, thank you for caring for me. Help me get through this! Help me, God. Just a little. Just a little relief and I’ll know you’re there! If it’s your will God. Oh I love you!” -my 17 year old son son.
Psalm 27: 7 “Hear, O Lord, when I cry aloud; Be gracious and compassionate to me and answer me.”
“My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Far from my help are the words of my groaning. My God, I cry out by day, but You do not answer; And by night, but I have no rest.”
Psalms 22:1-2
“And He went a little beyond them, and fell on His face and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; yet not as I will, but as You will.”
Matthew 26:39
My Prayer In Doubt
“God, how can you allow this? How can you see this pain and let it go on! Don’t you see? How can you hear this sweet cry and allow the agony to continue? Don’t you hear? Are you good? Always? Then where are you? What is your plan here! Help me to see it! Give me a glimpse of your perspective so I don’t crumble!”
“Lord, all my desire is before You; And my sighing is not hidden from You. My heart throbs violently, my strength fails me; And as for the light of my eyes, even that has also gone from me.”
Psalms 38:9-10
God Answers in Love
“When you see it, you will know. I will answer and you’ll know it’s Me. I know this is painful, but I AM the rescue. I know this doesn’t look like love but soon you will know. This will be the brightest light yet. I am glorified in this. I will never leave you alone. The shadows may be long right now, but there is beauty ahead.”
“For He has not despised nor scorned the suffering of the afflicted; Nor has He hidden His face from him; But when he cried to Him for help, He heard.”
Psalms 22:24
John 16:22
“Now is your time of grief, but I will see you again and you will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy.”
Romans 8:26
“In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans.”
Psalms 31:22
“As for me, I said in my alarm, “I am cut off from Your eyes.” Nevertheless You heard the voice of my supplications when I cried to You for help.”
Psalms 34:17-19
“The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears And rescues them from all their troubles. The Lord is near to the brokenhearted And saves those who are crushed in spirit. The afflictions of the righteous are many, But the Lord rescues him from them all.”
A Loss For Words 