In the beginning of coming to Guatemala during my quiet time the Lord put on my heart my family and friends at home. I began seeing things and realizing things like how bad one of my uncles struggled with a drug addiction, or the broken relationships within my family, and the fact some of the closest people to me don’t even have a relationship with the Lord. I didn’t understand why the Lord was putting this on my heart when I was gone, I couldn’t do anything to fix it plus no one was going to listen to an 18 year old anyways.
Then he told me Pray, pray for them now, pray for them everyday, pray for them until they turn to me. Pray for those who have hurt you, pray for the Lost, pray for your uncles, pray for your aunts, pray for your friends, pray for your parents, pray for brother, pray for your cousins, and pray for yourself. So I began to do that. I would journal my prayers and ended up writing and over time my list would become really long.
Then things started happening like, I had prayed for a friend who I hadn’t talk to in a few months. She messaged me and said ” I could really use your prayer skills.”, I prayed for my uncle and he messaged me, Or I prayed for my cousin who I hadn’t talked to since I was little and she added me on Facebook, I prayed for a kid I went to youth group that was struggling and he messaged me, and I prayed for my Grandma’s finances and the Lord blessed her with money.
But there was still my uncle who is slowly dying because of drugs. I have prayed for him everyday since being on the Race. Yet every time that I talk to my Grandma at home he is always getting worse. And every time she tell me that, I hear the Lord telling me ” Don’t stop my faithful servant” ” Be steadfast.”
I have never had a relationship with my uncle, but my heart hurts for what has become of his life. And for some reason the Lord has given me a love for him and shown me the importance of his. If he only knew that the same feeling that come from drugs you can find in the Lord. I really wish he knew the value that he has in the Lords eyes.
In this pursuit I will not stop praying for him. I will not stop praying even when it seems impossible. I know that my God hears me, and I know that my God will come through.
I have made book with many names and although they seem far off. I want to pray steadfast for those things with faith knowing that my God comes through.
There is so much power in prayer.
