24/12/2022
Not everyone is looking forward to celebrating Christmas just like the others.
Some will now have that empty seat in their tables.
Some with an empty space under their Christmas tree.
Some with wet pillowcases and broken hearts.
There are people finding this season difficult to celebrate. And so, my prayer for today is that may we be more sensitive and may we show compassion, comfort and understanding to those going through hard times.
To those of you seeing Christmas as a time not of joy but of sorrow and in grief, this is my prayer for you:
Lord, you know those who are hurting right now. It could be because of loss, of illness, of lack or of brokenness. Thank you because you understand each one of your creation that even if tears are their only way to speak to you, we know that it is more than enough to you.
Thank you because you are the God of comfort, the God where they can cast all their anxieties because you care for them. Help them see that you are with them, not rushing their feelings and never pressuring them to do more than what they can at this time.
You said in your word that you will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in You. Lord, may you help them to trust You even more even at their most difficult times.
You are the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. Thank you Jesus because their weeping is not final,
but Joy is,
because of You.
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“For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.”
Isaiah 9:6
