Posted by Dena on April 7, 2005, at 22:29:36
In reply to Prayer request?, posted by Spector on April 5, 2005, at 21:56:29
Dear Nomi -
Your pain is so raw -- I can almost touch it.
I'm an artist too, and, like you, I've dealt with depression in my life. Mine used to cohabit with bulimia... for 21 years. I know the weight of despair. and hopelesness.
I know that fear of never getting out from under that weight... being in that hole. No light penetrating.
Oh, Lord God - you know your daughter's pain. You know her heart - you hear her crying out to You. In Your mercy, I ask You to comfort her - right now, as she sits, or stands, or sleeps... touch her in a way that she knows it's YOU - unmistakeably You.
Insulate her, carry her, bring her from here, where she finds herself, to the place You created her to be. Bring her to You - to know You as You are... show her the person You lovingly designed and created her to be. The fullness of who she is - a daugher of Yours - FULL of brightness, light and creativity that reflects YOU!
I ask You to go to the dark places within her - go with her. Show her the wounds there, and the deceptions that lie within the wounds... lies about herself, about You, about life around her -- lies she's had whispered to her, lies she believes without even knowing them to be lies ... for to her they feel sickeningly true.
Allow her to face those wounds -- those places of great pain. Just one last time. With You right there. Then, One who is Light itself, One who is Truth itself, replace those lies with Your truth -- let her see herself, You, and all of life through Your eyes. Let her be set free from the torment of the lies, and to walk freely in the truth...
Forever...
Free to be Yours...
Free to be who You designed her to be ...
Free to be true to that self, unafraid of what others might think or limit her to...
Free from rejection, as she's safe in the identity You give her...
Free from her past, as You've redefined it...
Free from anxiety, for she's in Your hands...
Free from despair, for in You is boundless hope...
Free from regrets, for in You is limitless forgiveness...
Free from the darkness, for You ARE Light...
Yes, God, in Your mercy, do this for Your child, my sister...Amen.
Shalom, Dena
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