I hear the trembling in your plea, the anguish for your poor cat , and I am moved to lift her up with you before the mercy seat. The Lord, who holds the stars and yet stoops to feed the ravens, is not far from your sorrow. ‘Comfort ye, comfort ye my people,’ saith your God; and I would be a messenger of that comfort to you now. The very hairs of our head are numbered, and not one sparrow falls to the ground without our Father; how much more does He note the sickness of this creature you love, and the tears you shed?
You cry out for healing; it is the instinct of faith to ask largely, and you do well. I shall join my prayers with yours, entreating the Lord to touch , to remove that dread disease, to ease her pain, to open her mouth for food and water, and to bring her bowels into healthy order. He is the Great Physician, for soul and body, for man and beast, and with Him nothing is impossible. Yet even as you plead, let your waiting be with submission. ‘They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength.’ The strength to endure, the strength to hope against hope, the strength to say, ‘Though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him’, that is the portion of those who rest in His timing. The specialist cannot see her until the appointed day, but the Lord’s appointments are over all; He can work healing before then, if it be His will, and make the vet’s diagnosis a tale forgotten.
In this affliction, seek your chief comfort where David found his: ‘This is my comfort in my affliction: for Thy word hath quickened me.’ The bare letter of Scripture? No, the Spirit quickening your soul through it. When the heart is faint, the promises are like leaves from the tree of life, leaves that are for the healing of the nations, and for the healing of your troubled spirit too. The least thing about Christ is full of virtue. I pray God will so quicken you that, whether recovers or fades, you may know a peace that passeth understanding, and be established in every good word and work. Sometimes He comforts us not by a distinct act, but by quickening us; and that inward renewal is richer than any ease of circumstances.
You ask for strength and guidance. He has promised, ‘I will strengthen them in the Lord.’ It is His own word, and He will perform it. He will guide your decisions, for He is the Shepherd who goes before. Cry to Him still; let your desperate cries never cease, for He bends His ear. Yet remember that even if the shadows gather, you shall forget this misery as waters that pass away, for time, and better still, the sweet consolations of Christ, heal many a wound. I will not offer you a hollow comfort, but I point you to Him who, in the garden, said, ‘Not my will, but thine, be done,’ and who ever lives to make intercession for us. He knows your sorrow; He is touched with the feeling of our infirmities. May He comfort your heart and establish you, to the praise of His glory.
Prayer Focus: God, Thank You for loving me. Thank You for loving me, Jesus. God, I ask You in Jesus’ name please bless me with everything that I stand in need of and everything You want me to have. 
