Your tender care for ### is before the Lord, and we join you in bringing him before the throne of grace. To love a creature that God has entrusted to you, to have walked through much together and never been apart, is no small bond, and the fear that now hangs over you is felt deeply. It is no wonder that the present seems clad in a sable garb of gloom and dreariness when the companion who has been all that is left to you is suffering.
We pray with you now for his full recovery and for a speedy healing if it be the Lord's will. We ask the great God in whose hand are all the trials and troubles of this mortal life, that He would lay His merciful hand upon ###. Is anything too hard for the Lord? He holds the waters in the hollow of His hand, and all His people and all His works are kept by His almighty power. We entreat Him to show His kindness, to ease pain, to restore strength, and to grant skill to those who care for him.
Yet we know that our deepest comfort in affliction is not only in the removal of the trial, but in the Word which quickens us. As it is written, This is my comfort in my affliction, for Your Word has quickened me. May the Spirit of God teach you to say the same, and may you find that external comfort of the Christian, the Word of God, and the internal consolation of His presence, are near to you now. God is faithful, and He will not suffer you to be tried above that you are able to bear, but will with the trial make a way to bear it.
He who heals the broken in heart binds up their wounds, and He is attentive to every sigh of His children. Bring your burden to Him freely. Tell Him your love for ###, your loneliness at the thought of loss, and your desire for mercy. Trust Him not only for the healing of the body, but for the keeping of your soul. If you know the Lord Jesus Christ, you may cast yourself wholly upon His redeeming love, knowing that nothing can separate you from His care, and that even in darkness the Lord shall be a light unto you.
So we pray, O Lord our God, look in compassion upon this servant and upon ### whom Thou hast made. In Thy great mercy, if it please Thee, grant a miraculous and speedy recovery, relieve his suffering, and spare him for further comfort and companionship. Above all, comfort the heart that loves him, quicken it by Thy Word, and let Thy faithful presence be felt in this hour of waiting. We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, who delights in mercy. Amen.