Please Pray With Me

But now thus says the Lord,
   he who created you, O Jacob,
   he who formed you, O Israel:
Do not fear, for I have redeemed you;
   I have called you by name, you are mine. 
² When you pass through the waters, I will be with you;
   and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you;
when you walk through fire you shall not be burned,
   and the flame shall not consume you. 
³ For I am the Lord your God,
   the Holy One of Israel, your Saviour.
I give Egypt as your ransom,
   Ethiopia and Seba in exchange for you. 
⁴ Because you are precious in my sight,
   and honoured, and I love you,
I give people in return for you,
   nations in exchange for your life. 
⁵ Do not fear, for I am with you;
   I will bring your offspring from the east,
   and from the west I will gather you; 
⁶ I will say to the north, ‘Give them up’,
   and to the south, ‘Do not withhold;
bring my sons from far away
   and my daughters from the end of the earth— 
⁷ everyone who is called by my name,
   whom I created for my glory,
   whom I formed and made.’ (Ia. 43)

 My mind does not rest these days. Without even listening to much news I know what is happening in the country of Ukraine.

First I am inviting all of you to put your needs, and frustration, about “high prices”  into a different perspective.  

Which would you rather have?  Higher price or being bombed and force to leave your home, family and friends? 

I know, there is a huge inconvenience to those on low incomes.  I realize that.  But there are not being terrified and bullied.  They are safe in a country that, in some small way, is sensitive to their plight.

So lets keep our inconveniences in perspective.

The next part of this outrageous event is so troubling to me that it is even happening.  I don’t understand, it is crushing — just awful.

This morning I sat and tried to find words, or thoughts, to talk to God about how I might pray about one man’s sick need for power — and yes possibility revenge.

What come to mind is the way God intervened for his people of the Old Testament. He went before them; and  prepared their way to safely so many times.

And so I asked for him to do the same for the Ukrainians today.  

I am inviting all of you, who read my blog, to pray for God’s intervention in this horrible invasion. 

Prayer is all we can do after all.