Strength And Assistance

[tessa]

Like much of America, my husband and I are in over our heads financially. We have been struggling for 20 years. SO long, that I can't remember what it's like to not struggle. Our children are getting older, getting ready to graduate high school. All I can think about is all the things I couldn't give them. Id never wanted them to grow up like I did, in a run down home always wanting for something and yet, here we are. I have reached the end of my rope. My mother once ran away, and I always wondered how she could have done that, but now I understand. I just can't take this anymore. We work full time and take any and all overtime we can get but it's never enough. The house keeps falling down, the bill collectors keep calling and the kids need more and more. All this time we told ourselves that at least we love each other. We have that. But now this mountain of debt is finally breaking us. We say mean hateful things to each other. We make threats. Our home is now an angry place. Our children are angry and insecure.

I'm not sure even what I'm praying for. Surely a solution to our financial burden. Strength to carry on this fight. The wisdom and patience to comfort and inspire my children. A renewal of the love, respect and determination my husband and I used to have. Help. Just help. Dear God, please help us to finally be free of this mess. Help me to be the kind of mother my children deserve. Guide us Lord so that we may find the right path. Amen.

 

[Harold]

Our heavenly Father, how familiar this problem sounds to me, the troubles they face and the guilt for not being able to give their children what they want to. Lord, my troubles were brought on by my own greed and selfishness, but not all are. I lift this family to You and ask for Your favor to be with them, for Your guidance in how to escape this cycle of debt and for their love of family and life to be restored. Father, I ask that they would draw themselves ever closer to You, seek Your council and Your company. You are our Great Provider, I ask that we would receive our provisions from You and use them wisely to better our lives and bring glory to You. Bless this family, my prayer for them would be for all to have salvation, their live be made joyous, and they would cling to one another in lve as they see their financial situation go through the healing process. In Jesus' name, Amen.