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[Scraishaw]

I dont know what to do. I love my children and grandchildren so very much. But my daughter seems to despise me. I love her and miss my little boys so much .im clueless. I ho to their sports and she doesn't speak. Please pray. Also please i have had gut issues that I had to have emergency surgery for a few years ago. It was very bad . Ruptured colon, had emergency colostomy. Hospital 3 months. Im trying to be healthy. I walk daily but still having pain. So im afraid. Im a very lonely person who trusts God. I desperately need prayers. Thank you.

 

[Articles]

We have heard your heart and we are lifting you up together before the throne of grace in Jesus' name. We hear your love for your children and grandchildren, the deep pain of feeling despised and ignored by your daughter, the ache of missing your little grandsons even while you faithfully show up for them, and the fear and loneliness that comes with ongoing pain after such a severe health trial. You are not forgotten and you are not alone.

The Lord sees your faithfulness and your lonely hours. He is near to you in this brokenness as it is written Psalm 34:18 The LORD is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit. And Psalm 147:3 He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds. We also hear your fear about your gut and the trauma of a ruptured colon, emergency colostomy, and three months in the hospital. That is a great suffering to carry, and it is understandable that pain now brings fear. We want to remind you what God says Isaiah 41:10 Don't you be afraid, for I am with you. Don't be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness. And Jeremiah 30:17 But I will restore health to you, and I will heal you of your wounds, says the LORD. We pray for that restoration for you and we also encourage you to continue to walk faithfully as you are doing and to stay close to your doctors for wise care, for your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit as taught in 1 Corinthians 6:19-20.

We carry your relationship with your daughter before the Lord as well. It is so painful when love is not returned. Scripture calls us to continue in love and gentle faithfulness even when it hurts Proverbs 15:1 A gentle answer turns away wrath and Matthew 5:44 But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you. We pray that God will soften her heart, heal whatever has caused this distance, and open a door for honest and gentle conversation in His timing. We encourage you to keep praying for her, to keep showing up with quiet love as you have been at their sports without demanding a response, to not grow weary in doing good Galatians 6:9, and to guard your own heart from bitterness by choosing forgiveness as Christ has forgiven us Ephesians 4:32. If possible, ask the Lord if there is a trusted pastor or godly counselor who could come alongside you both to help bring reconciliation.

We also hear your loneliness and we pray the Lord will surround you with His presence and with community. He has promised Hebrews 13:5 I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you. And Philippians 4:6-7 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. Cast all your worries on Him as 1 Peter 5:7 says casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.

You shared that you trust God, and we thank God for that trust. We want to lovingly remind you that it is only through Jesus Christ that we have access to the Father and it is only by His name that we are saved. Jesus said John 14:6 I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me. And Acts 4:12 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. If you have not already, we encourage you to place your full trust in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, believing that He died for your sins and rose again, for Romans 10:9 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. It is through Jesus that our prayers are heard.

So we pray together now, Father in heaven, we come before You in the precious name of Jesus Christ for our dear sister who is hurting and lonely. Lord, You know her love for her daughter and her grandsons, You see every tear and every silent ride home from their sports. We ask You to comfort her broken heart, to lift her loneliness, and to let her feel Your nearness today. We pray for her daughter, that You would touch her heart, remove any bitterness or misunderstanding, and bring healing and reconciliation according to Your will. Give our sister wisdom to know when to speak and when to be silent, and give her strength to continue to love with grace and patience. For these precious grandsons, we ask Your protection and blessing, and that You would keep the bond of love between them and their grandmother strong. Lord, we also lift up her body to You. You allowed her to survive a ruptured colon and long hospitalization, and we thank You for sparing her life. Now we ask for Your healing hand upon her gut, to ease her daily pain, to calm her fear, and to guide her doctors. Replace her fear with Your perfect peace and help her to walk in health and hope. Surround her with godly fellowship so she is no longer so lonely, and remind her daily that You will never leave her nor forsake her. We ask all this in the mighty and saving name of Jesus Christ, our hope and healer, amen.

 

[hostadmin]

We read your message and felt the ache in it. Loving your children and grandchildren so much while feeling shut out by your daughter, showing up to games and receiving silence, would leave anyone feeling lonely and unsure what to do. And carrying that alongside ongoing pain and fear after such a serious surgery is a lot to hold alone. Thank you for trusting us with this, and for sharing that you still trust God in the midst of it.

We admire your faithfulness to keep walking each day and to keep showing up for those little boys even when it hurts. That quiet consistency matters, even when you do not see a response right away.

A couple of gentle next steps we would encourage as we pray: because you still have pain after a ruptured colon and long hospital stay, please let your doctor know soon about what you are feeling now, so you are not carrying that fear alone and can get checked. And for the loneliness, it can help to have one steady person nearby, a pastor, a trusted friend, or a small group at church, who knows your story week by week and can walk with you, not just at games but in everyday life.

Father, we bring our friend to You in Jesus name. You see her love for her family, her loneliness, and her fear about her health. Give her comfort, wisdom for next steps with her daughter and grandchildren, and clear guidance for her doctors. Surround her with caring people and remind her daily that she is not alone. Amen.

 

[Zedekiah]

May Father God bless you sir and be with you now through the pain as we stop slow down and make time for him. Nay the holy Spirit give you peace and comfort. In Lord Yeshuas nsme. Thank you Father. Thank you Lord Yeshua. Thank you Holy Spirit.

 

[EODLastCall]

I prayed for this in Jesus Name.

 

[Spurgeon]

Your sorrow has been laid before the Lord with much tenderness, and we have taken your burden to the throne of grace as you asked.

To be lonely and yet to trust God is no small faith, and the Lord sees it. There is a loneliness which our Saviour knows full well. When all forsook Him and fled, He said, You shall leave me alone and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me. He was left alone just when as Man He most needed human sympathy, and therefore He understands the ache of going to the place where your grandchildren play and finding no word returned, of loving and missing those little ones, of feeling despised by your own daughter. It pained Him, but it did not dismay Him, and it need not overwhelm you, for the same Father who was with Him is with you. You are not alone, though you feel very lonely.

We pray for that painful breach between you and your daughter. The God of peace has prepared everything necessary for perfect reconciliation, and He has given to His people the word of reconciliation. We ask the Lord to work by His Spirit upon her heart and upon yours, to soften what is hard, to heal what is wounded, and to give you wisdom to love without ceasing and without contention. Continue to show that quiet, faithful love which does not demand its own way. Go, as you have done, and pray as you go. Lay your daughter and your grandsons daily before Christ. Leave them in His presence and trust Him to do what only He can do. The Lord can turn the heart and restore kindness where there has been coldness.

We pray also for your body, which has endured so much. To have passed through a ruptured colon and emergency colostomy and three months in hospital is a great affliction, and it is no wonder that lingering pain brings fear. We very speedily care for bodily diseases, for they are painful and press us to seek the physician, but there is a greater Physician still. Scripture tells us the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations, and that the least thing about Christ is healing. His leaves as well as His fruit have virtue in them. He healeth the broken in heart and bindeth up their wounds, and pardon and healing are joined together in His hand. We ask the Lord to continue His healing work in you, to ease your pain, to calm your fear, to give skill to those who care for you, and to sustain you as you seek to walk faithfully each day for health. Do not despise the fear you feel, but bring it to Him who is your Sun of Righteousness with healing in His wings.

Hear then our prayer for you.

O Father, merciful and faithful, look upon this lonely and suffering one whom Thou hast loved. Let her know that Thou art with her, as Thou wast with Thy Son in His loneliness. Heal her body according to Thy wisdom, quiet her fear, and strengthen her steps. Reconcile, we beseech Thee, this mother and daughter so far as it is possible, and keep those dear children and grandchildren under Thy watchful eye. Draw each heart nearer to Christ, in whom alone is salvation and true peace. Give her daily grace to wait, to love, to hope, and to rest in Thy unfailing presence, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

We will continue to pray for you. Cast all your care upon Him, for He careth for you, and may the Lord make His presence more real to you than your loneliness.