The Flame Within

Lord,

I am crying out!  For weeks… my heart has poured out before you.  Tears have fallen… hope seemingly unattainable.  My prayers are not in isolation… but others have poured out prayers for loved ones in need of your healing.  One of your own… is lost… hurting… in need of your saving grace.  I’ve seen the battle… the painful battle of the soul.  I’ve seen innocent little ones lost in the midst of a battle… a battle not their own. Innocent little ones… seeking peace… comfort… and your love.  I’ve seen broken souls desiring your peace… love… and comfort.  Yet… returning as a prisoner of the world.  Yearning for support, comfort, and attention… ran back into the arms of Satan.  Sadly, Satan was there waiting with open arms… with droves of people.. ready to draw your child back into the prison of the soul.  Where were your droves of people?  Your children waiting to embrace your child?  Why does the path leading to you… offer only a chosen few for support, love, and fellowship?  This question… I have offered before you… and you answered… in that still small voice deep within… “Child, If I had sent you endless droves of people… would you have realized your need for me?  Would you have called out to me for comfort in the loneliest hours?  Would you have asked me to hold you in the middle of the night?  Would I truly have been able to show you the extent of my love for you… the realness of my presence within your heart? Would you have realized your need for me?”  I recall the darkest nights of my soul… The world had left me broken.  Somehow when I recall the most painful moments of my life… I remember them as a time of close intimacy with God.  During the darkest and most lonely of nights… God was there… Meeting the needs of my broken and hurting heart.  These are the moments when God became my Savior, friend, comforter, counselor, healer, friend, and Father!

Tonight as tears fall from my cheeks… on my knees prostrate before you… yearning for the cry of my heart to be answered… for your child to finally choose… you.  To come to understand you as the one true God… the only path to healing, peace, comfort, and Eternal life.  Lord, forgive me for in my desperation I have almost lost hope in your mighty power to save… I have doubted your ability to win a victory… a victory you already won.  Lord, tonight as the tears fall down my cheeks… I pray for my beloved… for your beloved.  In the lonely hours… in the midst of the emptiness deep within the soul…  reach your child.. hold your child… comfort your child… show the depth of your love and affection.  Lord, win the victory of the soul! Call your child to yourself!  I lift my beloved to your throne.  I trust!  I believe!  After all, I know firsthand the power of your love.  You saved me!  You comforted me!  You held me!  You healed me!  You have proven your ability to save!!!  Take the victory, Lord!!!

Acts 4:12 “Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.”

2 Peter 3:9 “The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.”

Your beloved,

Crystal