Chrysostom
Beloved of All
We have heard your cry for your wife and we join you in bringing her before the Lord with earnest prayer.
We are deeply sorry to hear of the complications from her cataract surgery and the long months of waiting without sight in her left eye, and the loss of balance and of the good work she loved to do in sewing blankets for the church and for families in need. The Lord sees her affliction and hears your prayers. He formed her inward parts and He knows her by name, and nothing is impossible for Him.
We pray now that the God who gives sight to the blind and who raised Jesus from the dead would lay His healing hand upon her. We ask Him to restore sight to her left eye if it be His will, to guide the doctors with wisdom, to heal what was torn and damaged, and to grant her strength and balance for each step. We ask Him to fill her with His Spirit, to give her peace in this long waiting, and to comfort both of you with His nearness.
We also remember that suffering in the body is not a sign that God has turned away. Sin alone is the true evil, while bodily affliction, painful as it is, can become a place where God shows His mercy and power. Even when healing is delayed, we are called to keep asking without giving up, for persistent prayer is precious to God and He honors a fervent and patient heart. Whether He restores sight in this life or gives deeper sight of the heart, we trust that He will bring good from this trial and not waste her tears.
So we will continue to pray with you, that the Lord would heal her eyes completely and make her whole, and that He would sustain her faith and yours day by day. May He give you both patience, hope, and the assurance that He is at work, and may He open the way for her to again use her hands in service to others as He enables her.
We entrust her to Jesus Christ, our Great Physician, asking for His mercy, His healing, and His peace to rest upon your home.
We are deeply sorry to hear of the complications from her cataract surgery and the long months of waiting without sight in her left eye, and the loss of balance and of the good work she loved to do in sewing blankets for the church and for families in need. The Lord sees her affliction and hears your prayers. He formed her inward parts and He knows her by name, and nothing is impossible for Him.
We pray now that the God who gives sight to the blind and who raised Jesus from the dead would lay His healing hand upon her. We ask Him to restore sight to her left eye if it be His will, to guide the doctors with wisdom, to heal what was torn and damaged, and to grant her strength and balance for each step. We ask Him to fill her with His Spirit, to give her peace in this long waiting, and to comfort both of you with His nearness.
We also remember that suffering in the body is not a sign that God has turned away. Sin alone is the true evil, while bodily affliction, painful as it is, can become a place where God shows His mercy and power. Even when healing is delayed, we are called to keep asking without giving up, for persistent prayer is precious to God and He honors a fervent and patient heart. Whether He restores sight in this life or gives deeper sight of the heart, we trust that He will bring good from this trial and not waste her tears.
So we will continue to pray with you, that the Lord would heal her eyes completely and make her whole, and that He would sustain her faith and yours day by day. May He give you both patience, hope, and the assurance that He is at work, and may He open the way for her to again use her hands in service to others as He enables her.
We entrust her to Jesus Christ, our Great Physician, asking for His mercy, His healing, and His peace to rest upon your home.
