Prayer for Right Now

I first noticed it in the spring as I drove my middle daughter to preschool. I am a very inpatient person, even in my mothering. One of my struggles in life!!!.... As a driver I will not wait on stop lights, I will find another route where I don't have to stop and wait. So I go around the courthouse and take a different road rather then stopping at a four way leading to a stop light. I noticed often a sheriff's car parked and a sheriff opening the door for a young gentleman or occasionally young woman. These young people are dressed in suits fit for a jail cell. The first time I noticed the sheriff walking the gentleman indoors, I bowed my head down in shame and heartache. I thought to myself that must be what God is doing right now. So hurt by a child of his taking this road in life. Almost in tears I drove passed. I see it again and again everytime I drive past. I now stop and pray for that person entering the courtroom. My heart breaks but I must pray for that person, because there may not be anyone praying for this person and that just may be the reason they are walking into the courthouse alone with a stranger guiding them. I don't know the story or if someone is there for these people, but I do know they need prayers and the compassion of a stranger driving by to care enough to pray.



I just finished watching 'Letters to God'  about a little boy who had cancer and fighting with the end coming. I now have a little baby boy. My heart was saddened. So as I later got dressed for the day, I prayed over him as he was napping safely and soundly on my bed. He not yet knows of the stresses that will affect his life to come. He only knows the comfort my arms bring, the fun my daughters show, and the voice of my husband. My heart aches for what will trouble him in his future.
My prayer has always been for him to hear God call his name. I feed him and say "Samuel, Samuel, Samuel may you always hear when God is calling you."
For right now I ask the Lord to hear my sincere plea of a mother, Lord may you not take him too early from me. I have lost one child and I do not want to lose another. That hardship is too much to bare.  Watch over my child and send down the angels for his safety as he grows and faces the dangers of this world.