In the Midst of Tears

A prayer of mine..

"Dear Lord, I come before You on behalf of those who don’t know You. As the tears fall down my face I know Yours are numerous, for Your heart breaks for those who have turned away. Lord, though I don’t understand their actions, self-destructive patterns, or sins, I know that You who created me is the same God who created them and loves them ever so. I pray that they will allow themselves to be enveloped in Your grace and see how Your love is better than life, than anything they have ever known or ever will know. I know that often times people must come to You in pain and though it breaks my heart to see that, I take rest in knowing Your purpose will always be realized in the only way You intend, the best way.

I pray that I will not become stagnant but always will seek You passionately to the end of my days. Let Your light shine through me before men here, O Lord. As You have placed me here among these people, I pray You will use me in ways I can’t even comprehend. I pray for those I am in contact with and those I have yet to have contact with. I pray that my heart will always be in the right place in order that they may receive from me the gifts You have given me. Let them see the full measure of joy through me that only comes from You. Lord, I pray that I will not be selfish and hold myself back in their lives, that I will dive in regardless of the obvious consequences, and love in abandon in the way You love us. I know that people of this world will always disappoint me in one way or another, but I am not here to get my reward on earth, for I seek my reward in Heaven. You are the only One that can truly satisfy. Let Your name be fully engraven upon me that all who see me may know that I am Yours.

Though my heart breaks for all those who don’t know You now Lord, I know You are working in the midst of my discouragement, for I only see a fraction of the picture. Lord, that they may come to know You even more intimately than I do…that is the cry of my heart. Let me see Your beauty revealed as they repent. ‘Righteous Father, though the world does not know you, I know you, and they know you have sent me. I have made You known to them, and will continue to make you known in order that the love you have for me may be in them and that I myself may be in them’ John 17:25-26."