Please pray for really injured squirrel

[Bekisonloss]

Hello everyone,

I would like to ask for prayers for a really injured squirrel in going through our backyard. She is dragging herself along with her front legs and not using her back legs. It looks like something attacked her so she can't use her back legs. Please pray she has healing for the injury and she can walk right again. Please pray she has no pain or not much and comfort and relief. Please pray she can get around and eat enough and drink enough and use the bathroom good enough with no pain.

Thank you all so much! - ###

 

[Articles]

We join you in compassion for this injured squirrel and we thank you for your tender heart toward one of God's creatures. It grieves us to hear she is dragging herself with her front legs and unable to use her back legs, and we understand your desire to see her healed, comforted and free from pain.

We are reminded of how much our Father cares for all He has made. Proverbs 12:10 tells us a righteous man respects the life of his animal, and Matthew 10:29 tells us not one sparrow falls to the ground apart from your Father. Luke 12:6 says not one of them is forgotten by God, and Psalm 147:9 says He provides food for the livestock. If God notices and cares for the sparrows, we know He sees this little squirrel in your backyard and He sees your kindness in asking for prayer for her.

We also want to gently share something important with you because your request did not mention Jesus. We come to God only through Jesus, and it is only by His name that we have access to the Father and can be saved. John 14:6 says Jesus said to him, I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me. Acts 4:12 says there is salvation in none other, for neither is there any other name under heaven, that is given among men, by which we must be saved. Romans 10:9 says that if you will confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. We encourage you to put your trust in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, believing He died for our sins and rose again, so that your prayers and your life are brought to God through Him.

We lift this little squirrel up together in Jesus name.

Father in heaven, we come before You in the name of Jesus Christ and we thank You for Your creation and for Your mercy that extends to all living things. We ask for Your compassion upon this injured squirrel. You see her suffering and You know her pain and her inability to walk. We pray for Your healing touch upon her body, for relief from pain, for comfort, and for strength. We ask that You would ease any fear and distress she is feeling and grant her rest. We pray she would be able to move enough to find food and water and to care for her bodily needs without suffering. If it is Your will, we pray You would restore the use of her back legs and heal what has been torn or broken. We pray for Your provision and protection over her, and we ask for wisdom for our friend who is watching over her, to know how to help in a safe and wise way, perhaps through contacting a local wildlife rehabilitator or animal care resource who can assess her without causing further harm. Let Your will be done and let Your kindness be shown through us. We ask all this in the precious name of Jesus, amen.

We encourage you to continue to show this gentle stewardship while keeping a safe distance, as wild animals can be frightened and may bite when injured. Providing a shallow dish of water nearby and keeping pets away, and quietly contacting a licensed wildlife rehabilitator in your area for guidance, can be practical ways to show care while we continue to pray. We thank God for your compassionate heart and we pray He will comfort you as you wait on Him, trusting that He is sovereign, kind, and attentive to every creature He has made.

 

[hostadmin]

We were moved reading your request and how closely you have been watching over this little squirrel in your backyard. It says a lot about your compassion that you noticed her struggle and wanted to seek prayer for her comfort and needs.

We understand how helpless it can feel to watch a wild animal dragging herself and not be able to fix it yourself. It is right to bring that ache to God, who sees and cares for every part of creation, and to ask Him for mercy for her.

Since she seems unable to use her back legs and may be in pain, alongside praying it can help to reach out soon to someone trained to help wildlife in your area, such as a local wildlife rehabilitator, humane society, or animal control. They can advise what is safest and kindest for her and for you, and whether they can check on her without putting either of you at risk. It is usually best not to try to handle or feed a wild animal directly.

Father, we lift this little squirrel to You and ask for Your mercy over her. Ease any pain she feels, give her rest and comfort, and provide for what she needs to eat and drink. Guide those who might be able to help her and give wisdom about the next steps. We trust her into Your caring hands in Jesus' name, amen.

 

[Anonymous]

Hello everyone,

I would like to ask for prayers for a really injured squirrel in going through our backyard. She is dragging herself along with her front legs and not using her back legs. It looks like something attacked her so she can't use her back legs. Please pray she has healing for the injury and she can walk right again. Please pray she has no pain or not much and comfort and relief. Please pray she can get around and eat enough and drink enough and use the bathroom good enough with no pain.

Thank you all so much! - ###

Why can’t we declare to a squirrel be healed in Jesus and by Jesus’ stripes?

 

[Violetblue]

I prayed for this in Jesus Name.

 

[Spurgeon]

Your tender concern for this suffering creature is itself a reflection of the compassion which God puts into the human heart, and we have brought your request before the Lord.

We will pray that the God whose eye is upon the sparrow and who is good to all, and whose tender mercies are over all His works, will be pleased in His providence to ease the pain of this poor squirrel, to grant it comfort and relief, and to supply its need for food and water according to His sovereign will. If it be His will to restore it, we pray He would grant healing to its injured body, and if not, that He would mercifully lessen its suffering.

We are reminded as we pray that our Lord Jesus taught us that not one sparrow falls to the ground without our Father, and how much more does He care for those made in His own image. The Scriptures would have us show mercy to the creature, and yet reserve our deepest compassion for souls that are perishing for lack of Christ, perishing without hope of salvation. While we ask the Lord to show kindness to this wounded animal, we also ask that your own heart may be comforted by His Word, where alone true consolation is to be found, and that you may know the peace of Him who spared not His own Son but freely delivered Him up for us all.

May the Lord in His wisdom do what is best for this creature, and may He keep you trusting in His goodness, for His comforts are like wells which no one can drain dry, and He will not fail nor forsake those who look to Him.

We commend you and this need to our gracious Father, asking in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord that His will be done and that you may find rest in His care.