We are joining you in prayer for this dear sister and her family in this deep season of grief.
The loss of a son brings a sorrow that is hard to put into words. Scripture gives us a small picture of it when it speaks of a father's love for his son as one of the strongest loves we know, and then shows us the Father's own love in giving His only begotten Son for us. Jesus alone is the begotten Son, full of grace and truth. We are not sons in that same way, we become sons and daughters by adoption through faith in Him, born again by the Spirit into God's family. Because God Himself has known what it is to give His Son, He understands this pain intimately and He is able to meet her in it.
We are asking the God of all comfort to stand by her now. He is the One who strengthens and encourages in the darkest hours and the most difficult nights, who comes close to comfort when affliction is heavy. We pray He will surround her and her family with His protection, that He will strengthen her day by day, and that His peace will guard her heart and mind in Christ Jesus. For her husband who is walking through anger in his grief, we pray for tenderness and understanding between them. Grief can pull a husband and wife in different directions, but the Lord can draw them together in unity and give a quiet peace that holds the family as they mourn together.
We also pray that she will know the hope that is hers in Christ. The covenant of promise in Jesus is a covenant of the Spirit and of life, and because she is adopted into God's family she has a future and a purpose that grief cannot cancel. As she continues in the Son she continues in the Father, and in Him there is comfort and a living hope for the days ahead for her and for her household.
We bring her upcoming appointment before the Lord as well. We do believe He heals, and we trust Jesus for both spiritual and physical healing. At the same time there is much about healing we do not fully understand, why some are healed in one way and others in another. We have seen that healing is often gradual, and that God works through the very processes He built into our bodies, which are no less divine because He created them. He also brings healing to the mind and emotions, mending the wounds and scars that sorrow leaves. So we ask for safe travel, for favor with those who care for her, and for good results, while resting in His wise and loving will whatever the outcome.
May the Lord make His presence very real to her, lift her up, keep her, and give her and her family grace for each step forward. We ask this in the name of Jesus, our only hope and our comfort.