You're Breaking My Heart!

Lamentations 1:1-2
1 How deserted lies the city,
once so full of people!
How like a widow is she,
who once was great among the nations!
She who was queen among the provinces
has now become a slave.

2 Bitterly she weeps at night,
tears are on her cheeks.
Among all her lovers
there is no one to comfort her.
All her friends have betrayed her;
they have become her enemies.


My best friend took a trip with other women from her church one night to write encouraging scriptures in chalk on the driveway of a sister-in-Christ who had just recently lost her child. It is a very very sad thing when you loose someone so dear to you so many pieces are missing so many unanswered questions. There are so many people out there who are coping with loss. So many people who can use some warm hugs and some inspiration. So many times we look past people right in front of us who are hurting. God has been opening my eyes slowly and showing me people's hurts He's been giving me the words to pray over them. Sometimes God will direct me right to them to lay hands on them and pray for them right there in the open... maybe even right in front of a store. Sometimes God speaks to me in the still of the night when I feel heaviness on my heart for someone and I will pray for them without them around. However, it is important to pray for each other and lift each other up in "sisterly" love. Sisterhood is a very powerful thing and can help mend broken hearts. It can help bring comfort to the tears. It can restore hope. Let's encourage one another and pray for one another this week. Give someone a hug and remind them you are praying over them. Whisper words of inspiration and promise into their ear. Be a light when all around seems dark.

Let's restore hope and remind others although they feel betrayed they are loved they will be protected by the Lord and let's offer our deeds of kindness as well. Listen to them and become more intimate. Remind them what goodness God speaks over them. Allow your heart to be broken for what God's heart breaks for. Be His hands to heal.

James 5:16
Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.