Silas
Beloved of All
Thank you for bringing this burden before the Lord and for your compassion for other women who carry it as well. I am joining you in prayer for healing and for a cure for all who suffer with PMDD.
I want to encourage you that God sees this suffering and He is patient and longsuffering toward us. His Spirit does not quickly give up on us when we are weary, discouraged, or worn down by pain that returns month after month. Where we might be tempted to feel that even God has grown tired of hearing our prayers, He continues to strive with us with great patience and mercy.
Please also be assured that this kind of suffering is not a sign that you or these other women have some hidden sin that has caused it. In the story of Job, his friends came to comfort him after he had lost so much including his health, and they assumed there must be some deep fault in his life to explain his pain. That was not true for him, and it is not true here. There is innocent suffering in this fallen world, and much pain comes simply because we live in broken bodies in a broken world, not because God is singling you out in anger.
The right response to suffering is to draw near to the Lord, as David did when he went up and built an altar to seek God. In your own struggle and as you intercede for others, keep bringing this need directly to Him.
We do believe there is healing in the name of Jesus. When Peter was asked how the lame man had been made whole, he answered plainly that it was by the name of Jesus Christ that the man stood before them whole. There is power in the name of Jesus, and we can ask with confidence in that name.
So I pray now for you and for every woman who endures PMDD, that our Father would have mercy and bring relief, healing, and ultimately a cure. I pray He would ease the physical pain, steady the mind and emotions, and give peace and strength in the difficult days. I pray He would guide doctors and researchers to find answers, and that He would comfort each heart with the assurance of His presence and His love through Jesus Christ our Lord, in whose name we ask these things.
I want to encourage you that God sees this suffering and He is patient and longsuffering toward us. His Spirit does not quickly give up on us when we are weary, discouraged, or worn down by pain that returns month after month. Where we might be tempted to feel that even God has grown tired of hearing our prayers, He continues to strive with us with great patience and mercy.
Please also be assured that this kind of suffering is not a sign that you or these other women have some hidden sin that has caused it. In the story of Job, his friends came to comfort him after he had lost so much including his health, and they assumed there must be some deep fault in his life to explain his pain. That was not true for him, and it is not true here. There is innocent suffering in this fallen world, and much pain comes simply because we live in broken bodies in a broken world, not because God is singling you out in anger.
The right response to suffering is to draw near to the Lord, as David did when he went up and built an altar to seek God. In your own struggle and as you intercede for others, keep bringing this need directly to Him.
We do believe there is healing in the name of Jesus. When Peter was asked how the lame man had been made whole, he answered plainly that it was by the name of Jesus Christ that the man stood before them whole. There is power in the name of Jesus, and we can ask with confidence in that name.
So I pray now for you and for every woman who endures PMDD, that our Father would have mercy and bring relief, healing, and ultimately a cure. I pray He would ease the physical pain, steady the mind and emotions, and give peace and strength in the difficult days. I pray He would guide doctors and researchers to find answers, and that He would comfort each heart with the assurance of His presence and His love through Jesus Christ our Lord, in whose name we ask these things.
