The Last One

Dear God,
Your love is desperately needed. I know your heart is aching for your child but I don’t know if he knows. He needs far more healing than I can give. He needs You as his Comforter, to know You are there. I can’t even begin to imagine what it’s like to walk in too late to find the last person left in your direct family lying on the floor with a gun and a note in their hand. He has lost his entire family to tragedies of equal or greater horror with no mercy from the devil. Yet he still manages a smile and genuine compassion and selflessness God. He is a present day Job in need of Your Presence. There’s only so much I can do, I’m doing my best but it won’t be enough. Only You are enough Jesus. He dedicates himself and doesn’t get the respect or recognition he deserves but God I know his reward from You will be grea. Bless him with hope and reassurance Lord. He is a strong, wise, young man but he can only hold on for so long and I pray he will see You there. Let me not be the only one to be Your way to him. Place others in his life to support and guide him. I’m the last person he has to cling to. Everyone else, everything else has been taken from him. His life, his parents, his adopted parents, his home, his siblings, his friends, his hope, his heart. Everything is a mess Father please, he needs you. I cry on his behalf to You. I thank you for answering his prayers and I pray for patience and strength that you will see him through till You decide it’s time. His life has been turmoil. Deprived of stability and love. There’s a cut too deep for any worldly medicine to heal, God only Your Love knows. I’ve run out words to say and things to do. All that’s left is to sit as the tears fall to my shoulders. Guide me as well, bless me with Your compassion and love to help my friend as they fall to pieces. I love You, I praise Your name. ~MJL