My prayer book contains several categories: friends and family, groups that I’m connected with (i.e. church), those grieving, those struggling with addiction… There is also has a category for people estranged from one other, which usually means family members. It is a list filled with sadness. Usually I don’t tell friends that I praying for their loved one, for them, or for the situation. For the efficiency of the prayer, they don’t need to know.
But sometimes I tell that I am praying for their ‘lost’ loved one, which is what I did recently. My friend’s response, “Oh, I’m so glad someone is praying for him.” My friend is alone and so is her estranged grown child. I’m praying for them both, heart to heart, no judgment, just love.
But sometimes I tell that I am praying for their ‘lost’ loved one, which is what I did recently. My friend’s response, “Oh, I’m so glad someone is praying for him.” My friend is alone and so is her estranged grown child. I’m praying for them both, heart to heart, no judgment, just love.
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