PRAYER - 05.01.2020

Lord, thank you for a new month! We are so grateful for the warming of the earth, the longer days and the softer nights. Thank you for using it to remind us that just like the seasons, you are faithful!

As we remember that May is National Mental Health Awareness Month and National Foster Care Awareness Month, we want to lift those things to you. You made our minds beautiful and complicated places and want us to use them to glorify you. Sometimes that’s hard, due to our pasts, and we want to lift up those that are struggling. Remind them that you love them with an everlasting love. Send support to those that need it and remind those of us who are ok right now to check in on those who might not be. Help us to take our thoughts captive, and to persevere through this current time.

For the children in foster care and the young adults who have aged out, protect them, Lord. They have been through so much already and may not realize why this is happening to them. Especially during this time of isolation, please send people to them so they are reminded they are not alone. You are a perfect Father, one that they may not understand, but you love them. Wrap your arms around them, Lord, and flood them with the knowledge that you are there and you see them.

Thank you for your son, Father. Thank you for the ability to approach you without a sacrifice. Help us to continue to spread the hope that we have to those around us.