Post 6

During one of my darkest moments, a friend messaged me a Bible verse she felt she must share with me…..right then. She was in Sunday School class.

You see, I had stayed home that Sunday morning because I felt I just couldn’t go any further. I was spent. I had prayed, fasted, surrendered, surrendered again, cried, begged, and led prayer vigils for our prodigal but things continued to get worse every day.

We were in our 4th year loving our prodigal. I thought by now it would be over. That very morning I found it hard to even speak a prayer. I laid on the couch and sobbed. When God? I need You to move, God! I asked the Lord to speak. Any word at all. I needed to hear HIM.

At that very moment my phone alerted me of a message. A message from my friend. She was obedient to share Jeremiah 31:16-17 with me as she felt it was for me at that very time.

I knew without a shadow of doubt that scripture was an answer to my cry. Hope flooded my heart. I thanked God for his love and compassion. I thanked Him for strength to continue one more day.

It was 4 more extra years until our prodigal came home. During those years there were many dark times. However, He had given us a word to stand and believe upon. (He had given my husband a word as well.)

I admit there were times Satan tried to get me to doubt that word was for me. Every timerytime I would get my focus off of God and on the circumstances I would sink. But God is faithful and with His Spirit would carry me on as I turned my eyes back to Him.

Maybe you are in that dark place today. You can see no light or hope for your prodigal. I want to encourage you not to give up and not to stop crying out to God. Ask Him for a word to stand on…and keep asking until He speaks. God is faithful. He will complete what He starts.

Praying for you!💛