Heavy

Today my heart is heavy. Why does life suck so bad for some people? I'm thinking about:

- A father and two sons, all going through divorce at the same time. The father, with a broken down body, worrying about whether his job will last. One of the sons fighting to overcome a meth addiction, while his wife maintains hers - with their child. Shed light, Lord; show them the way.

- A dear woman whose sister's husband took his life. He had been struggling with some serious health problems, so he shot himself. I can relate to the despair, but it has to be sooo tough for his wife. This woman's other sister then had to have emergency surgery for a detached retina the very next day! Please give her strength; help her to embody your peace and your presence in these people's lives, Lord. Help HER feel your very real presence.

- Twin boys, seventeen I think, who have basically been abandoned by both parents. One has been blessed to have been taken in by a wonderful, loving family. I pray that he will stay there - and learn what love means. The other is much harder, and apparently attempted suicide recently. I pray that You would soften him. I pray that they would both, somehow, come to know true love; inner peace; and escape the cycle their family has been enslaved in.

I look to Your word today, where you say: "Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you." So we say with confidence, "The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?"

Make your presence known to these people, Lord. And though we need not fear what 'man can do to [us]'... may you put some people in their lives who can help them overcome their fears and frustrations. I don't know what more to say.

Peace. REVOLUTION!