Wednesday, June 6, 2007

For someone special that I know

Father, I'm so grateful for Thy tender mercies towards those I love.  So many have struggled with job loss and illness and the heavy financial burdens that come with them.  Thank you for teaching me not to judge but to lift and encourage and have compassion.  The lessons are very difficult for all.  I pray for someone You and I know and love well.  He has terrible, terrible bondage from debt resulting from the many trials in his life.  He is faithful.  He serves Thee whenever he is asked.  He has cared tenderly for his ailing wife.  I know the burdens he carries, they are merciless.  Thou who art the God of all Comfort, the Redeemer of Israel, the Father of us all, please make his burdens light.  Please remind him of his improvements in employment and in his wife's health.  I praise Thy name for having carried him through many dark places in the last five years, I see Thine hand in it all.  Just please help him to peacefully maneuver through this most recent crisis and to consider his legal options like medical bankruptcy, if it be Thy will.  We all want to pay our debts but in this fallen world, sometimes you cannot escape the chokehold.  Thank you for blessing him, for blessing us all, so much.  I love Thee!  In the sweet and precious name of Thy Son.  Amen.

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