by januarie » 25 Jul 2009, 07:14
Heavenly Father, thank you for the precious children you have given us and the deep love we have for them. Father, as parents, we desire to take their suffering and bear it ourselves, if that were possible. Yet, even with the phenomenal depth of love we have for the children you have given us, your love for them is deeper, unfathomable. Father, Jean's daughter is in your hands, just the way my son is in your hands and, when we wake in the night, full of anxiety and fear for our children, calm our hearts Precious Lord because, we too are loved by your deep, unfathomable love and you have the entire situation under your control. In Jesus' Holy Name, Amen
..though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These have come so that your faith--of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire--may be proved genuine and may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. 1 Peter 1:6-7
Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,… (Ephesians 3:20)