Prayer - A Needed Necessity

For show and tell time today I was going to share what God has been teaching me lately.

Every Christmas except two in all 19 years of my life have been spent in Colorado with my grandparents. In the summer, they would drive down to Illinois and spend time with us. They were always at graduation parties, they would send me birthday gifts, and even call us once a week just to touch base. This past March my grandpa suffered kidney failure and was rushed to the hospital. All summer I was blessed with the privilege to go up there and be help take care of him and my grandma and just build a stronger relationship with them.  I watched him suffer through so mch pain. This Saturday, my grandpa went into a coma and in a matter of 4 hours, went to be with our Savior. He is no longer in any pain! Hallelujah! 

I will miss him dearly. My faith has been tested this week. My heart yearns to only be in one place right now, my Grandma’s house. My grandma had a stroke a while back and because of it, has short term memory loss making it hard for her to remember crucial things that are happening in each day. She is aching for her beloved. Sometimes she does not remember that he passed away so she yells for him or asks when he is coming home. Thankfully my mom is there to help but she is asking my mom questions as to whether she was a good enough wife and why did God not take her instead. I can not remember the last time I have felt so helpless. Grieving for a loved one is never fun, and even worse when the ones that you want to grieve with are so far away. I was the comforter this summer to my grandma, but now I have to trust the ultimate Comforter. I have done the only thing I know how to help my grandma right now: pray. I pray for my grandma, uncles, mom, dad, and siblings. I am not the only one grieving because many others were also blessed to love a dear grandfather. C. S. Lewis says in “Screwtape Letters” that “whenever there is prayer, there is danger of [God’s] own immediate action.” Do I believe this? Yes I do. How can I not when God is all I can cling to. He alone is my comforter, my shield, my rock when the storms come. Psalm 62: 1,5,&6 says 

“Truly my soul finds rest in God; my salvation comes from him. Yes, my soul, find rest in God; my hope comes from him.Truly he is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will not be shaken.” 

I leave you with this. Your pain, sorrow, troubles might be great, but God is bigger. Find your rest in Him. He is the God of all comfort and control.