We hear the heaviness in your heart and we join with you in bringing this burden before the Lord. You are carrying so much as a wife and mother, stepping in to provide when your husband has lost his job, caring for your children, stewarding a large and lingering project, and facing medical bills after your daughter's surgery. It is understandable that you feel overwhelmed and that your steam is running low, and we thank you for your honest faith that God is good and will provide.
We are encouraged that you have already anchored yourself in the truth that you can do all things through Christ who strengthens you. That promise in Philippians 4:13 is our hope together, that His strength is made perfect when ours is gone. He gives power to the faint and to him who has no might he increases strength. Isaiah 40:29. Those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint. Isaiah 40:31. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Psalm 46:1.
We also hear the worry creeping in about how long you will need to carry the providing and what kind of job your husband will find, and his confidence being shaken. We gently encourage you both to cast those worries fully on the Lord, because He cares for you. 1 Peter 5:7. Scripture calls us, In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:6-7. Your willingness to dust off your career after many years to help provide for your family is a beautiful picture of the virtuous wife who rises to strengthen her household in a season of need, and we pray your husband will be renewed in his God given calling to diligently seek provision for his family as well, knowing the Lord honors a husband who labors faithfully and a wife who comes alongside him as his helper. We encourage you both to keep seeking Him first, to communicate with grace and unity in your marriage, and to not grow weary. Let us not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we don't give up. Galatians 6:9. Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest. Matthew 11:28.
We pray together for you now.
Father in heaven, we come before You in the name of Jesus Christ, our only access to Your throne of grace, and we lift up this dear sister, her husband, and their children to You. Lord, You see every bill, every sleepless night, every application, every need for energy and perseverance. We ask You to renew her strength day by day. Fill her with Your power when she feels faint, give her wisdom as she rebuilds her career, as she mothers her children, and as she works to complete this large project. Provide for every financial need, especially these medical bills, and bring complete healing and restoration to her daughter. We lift up her husband to You, Lord, restore his confidence and remind him that his identity is in Christ, not in his employment. Open the right door for work for him in Your perfect timing, work that will allow him to provide for and lead his family with dignity. Guard this marriage in unity and peace, let worry be replaced with trust, and let Your peace guard their hearts and thoughts in Christ Jesus. Remind them that Your grace is sufficient and Your power is made perfect in weakness. 2 Corinthians 12:9. Sustain them, provide for them, and let them testify of Your faithfulness. We ask all this in the mighty and saving name of Jesus Christ, amen.
