about a month ago and old friend who I’ve known since I was little lost her dad.
As a ten year old little girl I lost my dad.
Both instances were unexpected and sudden.
this news reached me on a 24 hour bus ride in Southeast Asia as I was arriving at a new place of living for the 4th month of World Race. This month was prophecies to be a month of grief and grieving things maybe some of our squad didn’t know we still needed to grieve. This word was very true on my behalf. Hearing of a tragedy so similar to the one I experienced as a ten year old girl took me back and reminded me of some pain I hadn’t thought about in a while. It caused me to process and heal from some lies that the enemy had spoke over my life and heart as a ten year old girl. processing all of this moved me to pray over my old friend who just lost her dad. So as I sat in a coffee shop in this little town in the mountains of Southeast Asia I wrote:
“Abba (Father),
I write this prayer to you on behalf of the young girl who lost her dad. I pray you would wrap her in your arms, and hold her in the warmth of your embrace. Let the thoughts in your mind be saturated with your truth and grace. In the mess of emotions that are hitting her like a wave, show her the freedom and open space that she has to be real. Abba, stand in the gap for her. Pursue her now fatherless heart and show her that you’re her perfect Father. As she lays her head down at night wipe the streams of tears from her eyes and hold her tight. Use the people around her to show her how loved, chosen, and pursued she is. Give her grace for those around her who don’t and can’t understand the pain she is feeling. Put a male in her life who she loves the way she loved her dad, and give her joy one day as she asks him to be the man to walk her down the aisle. Comfort her as she grieves this loss. Walk her through healing when she’s ready. Bring her into deeper intimacy with you thru her pain. Bring her family closer to one another. Guard her from the lies the enemy is trying to feed her. Help her fill a journal with all the beautiful memories of him that she never wants to forget. Allow her to share these memories with her husband and kids one day. Give her gratitude for the years they were able to share. Show her extra love on Father’s Day each year. In the midst of the pain of a life lost give her joy for the memories shared. Fill her with hope and excitement to see him again one day in heaven. Allow her to trust that you’re writing her story with extreme purpose. Allow her testimony to touch the hearts of people she encounters along the way. Allow her identity to be fully found in you. Give her beauty for her ashes and joy for her mourning. May your Holy Spirit lead and fill her everyday for the rest of her life. I pray all these things with love and empathy as a girl who also lost her dad. In Jesus’ beloved and Holy Name,
Amen.“
It was a beautiful thing to be able to experience this empathy and prayer through processing such a hard thing that a sister in Christ is going through. Thank you for the ability to be connected with the body through intercession over thousands of miles.
with Love and Blessings,
Tes <3
