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Intercession (March 8, 2010) I lay awake in bed, praying silently. My clock said 2 A.M. Finally, at 2:20, I realized my heart was too heavy to stay there in bed. I needed to be on my knees. So I got up, took pen and paper and Bible, and went to my quiet spot. There I began to pray, write, listen for the Spirit's voice. Who can understand a mother's heart?
Lord, I don't even know how to pray as I should! In your mercy, speak. Thank God that He hears my midnight cries. Thank God for the Spirit's witness and power in prayer! There on the floor in the middle of the night, I put my burden down and took the peace which the Lord promises.
I'm glad God didn't provide me with a fix-it wand. How tempted I would be to try and save my children from difficult decisions and situations. Yet those experiences are the very things the Lord uses to make his saving grace known to my precious children, personally. And nothing is more important than that they know the Lord is on their side, willing and able to supply wisdom and discernment every step of the way!
Do your thing, Lord God. You are always good, faithful, infinitely loving. As you have sealed my children in baptism, so by your Spirit lead them as they seek to know your will in all things. I trust your unfailing love. Romans 8:26-27, "...We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express. And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance with God's will."
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Survivorship
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