I know deep in my soul that ANYTHING is possible with God. Here comes the "but." But...I've been praying this same prayer for years now and often it feels like it falls on deaf ears.
Mother's Day, for me, looms on the horizon. In a way, I'm secretly glad that we are quarantined and I don't have to go to church and hear the "Happy Mother's Day" well wishes. I know I'm not alone.
For many, Mother's Day is a reminder of what "isn't." Women who long to be mothers; mothers who have lost children; children who've lost mothers; children who've had abusive or addicted mothers; mothers estranged from their children...
I know many who are not perfect moms (including me) - who've made many mistakes. Perhaps you long to be remembered, appreciated, or forgiven, yet the divide remains?
When my children were young, like Mary, I treasured these things in my heart. My desire, more than anything, was that they would have an intimate relationship with their heavenly father. I want that for them, even more than a relationship with me.
I pray that the marvelous seeds that developed in the springtime of my daughter's heart will one day flower.
I am resolved to pray for my son every day, and I take comfort in the fact that God looks forward to the day he grows in his faith, even more than I do.
"The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary." (Isaiah 40:28)
His amazing strength is able to pursue my children long after my own is gone. Because of His faithfulness, the prayers I've placed before my Father's throne will still be there, waiting to be answered in His perfect will and His perfect way.
E.M. Bounds, a minister and chaplain during the Civil War has this to say about prayer:
"God shapes the world by prayer. Prayers are deathless. The lips that utter them may be closed in death, the heart that felt them may have ceased to beat, but the prayers live before God, and God's heart is set on them. Prayers outlive the lives of those that uttered them; outlive a generation, outlive an age, outlive a world."
I take heart that God will receive my prayers, offered in faith, with an everlasting love that never fails.
As much as I treasure my children, God treasures them more. Their worth to God is incalculable. And so I bring them before His throne once again.
"Your prayers, dear child of God...shall be answered - some of them, perhaps, during your lifetime on earth, and all of them, certainly, during your lifetime in heaven." - Samuel Prime
Dear Heavenly Father, I bring before you all the people reading this who have prayers they have prayed over and over again with seemingly no answer. Give them strength and faith to know that you are always working behind the scenes and never turn a deaf ear. I thank you and praise you that my prayers and the prayers of those praying this not only meet your ears, but meet your heart. Thank you for loving those I pray for even more than I do. May your good and perfect will be done. In Jesus name I pray, Amen.
What about you? Are there prayers you've been praying with no answer in sight? How does it affect you to know that your prayers continue on long after you are gone? Do you believe that your prayers will one day, all be answered? How can you adopt a more eternal perspective? Will you share?
Be blessed...
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