Your prayer for your son has come before the Lord, and I bid you take courage, for the Healer of souls is near. You have asked for healing, strength, and peace, three cords that are not quickly broken, for they are found entwined in the one great remedy, even Jesus Christ. In Him is the fountain of life, and the leaves of that tree are for the healing of the nations. The very least things about Him are full of healing virtue; let but a leaf fall upon your son’s heart, and it shall be well. All our healing lies in Christ: He is the Physician, and He is the Medicine too. The power that forgives sin is the power that heals the body and restores the mind, for pardon and healing are one.
When strength fails, and the soul sinks under its load, there is a promise: “They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength.” Do not look to your son’s own might, for all strength apart from God will come to an end. But teach him to fling himself upon the Divine strength, and to wait upon the Lord in quiet hope. Then, even as the weary one plunges into cool water and rises refreshed, so shall he be baptized into the Spirit of God, and his strength shall be restored right speedily. When there remains no strength in him, then let him believe that Christ died for the ungodly, and out of death life shall spring.
For peace, perfect peace, it is the portion of those whose minds are stayed on God. The blood of Jesus whispers peace within, even in a dark world of sin. This peace is a present possession, not a distant dream. To do the will of Jesus, this is rest. Let your son bring his sorrows to the cross, and there the chastisement of our peace, which was upon Christ, shall speak calm to his heart. Bear your own burden with Him also, and you shall find peace, like a river, even with sorrows surging round.
Pray for faith, for without it we cannot receive these mercies. When a duty or a trial seems too great, draw back a moment, breathe a prayer for strength, and then, in the name of Him who will surely bear you over, take the leap and succeed. The Lord who restored the soul of the Psalmist is the same today; He restores my soul, and He will restore your son’s. Then shall your peace be as a river, and your strength be renewed day by day. Go now, and wait upon the Lord; He is faithful who has promised.