Just a quick thought...
Tuesday, March 2, 2010 by Lindsey
There is a young woman with whom I am acquainted, I don't know her well. Despite this, ever since our first meeting have felt empathetic towards her, and her situation. I feel like she and I are kindred spirits in several facets, although we've only shared the briefest of conversations, and our situations in life are very different.
I have watched her struggle to define herself, her faith, and to make the wisest decisions she can over the past couple of years - with constant flack and judgement from many of those around her. I know that she is safe, taken care of, and God has put her in a place with a huge support system.
She is one of those women that you just think of and think, she is gorgeous, inside and out. God must look down at her and beam with pride, because she reflects him constantly, in the face of severe adversity, and putting myself in her place...I would be an emotional wreck;
I pray for her often, but have just begun to consider that there are people in the world in similar positions without the support system she has found. People who are at the verge of a spiritual breakthrough, that peace that comes with epiphany.
My thoughts and prayers go out to all of those people, tonight.
Blogs, and social networking sites can be quite a window into the lives of others, and an opportunity to remember not only who to connect with, reach out to, and pursue in friendship...but who to simply pray for.
It doesn't take much, and I honestly can't say I'm particularly good at formal prayer, but just a "God, I'm thinking of him/her, and I know that You know what's going on in his/her life right now, and I just pray that you give them your peace, guidance, and courage."
2 Chronicles 6:40 "Now, my God, may your eyes be open and your ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place."
I have watched her struggle to define herself, her faith, and to make the wisest decisions she can over the past couple of years - with constant flack and judgement from many of those around her. I know that she is safe, taken care of, and God has put her in a place with a huge support system.
She is one of those women that you just think of and think, she is gorgeous, inside and out. God must look down at her and beam with pride, because she reflects him constantly, in the face of severe adversity, and putting myself in her place...I would be an emotional wreck;
I pray for her often, but have just begun to consider that there are people in the world in similar positions without the support system she has found. People who are at the verge of a spiritual breakthrough, that peace that comes with epiphany.
My thoughts and prayers go out to all of those people, tonight.
Blogs, and social networking sites can be quite a window into the lives of others, and an opportunity to remember not only who to connect with, reach out to, and pursue in friendship...but who to simply pray for.
It doesn't take much, and I honestly can't say I'm particularly good at formal prayer, but just a "God, I'm thinking of him/her, and I know that You know what's going on in his/her life right now, and I just pray that you give them your peace, guidance, and courage."
2 Chronicles 6:40 "Now, my God, may your eyes be open and your ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place."
