Will you join me in praying for caregivers today?
Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb through the middle of the street of the city…. Revelation 22:1
Creator God,
Today we lift up all the caregivers of hospital patients.
You are with them,
so you know the fog that sets in
after days of caring for a patient
in the hospital.
It may feel like Pigpen’s cloud
surrounding the brain,
making clear thinking dusty
when it seems essential.
In the room dimly lit by fluorescents,
the walls are two awful shades of beige,
and before you know it,
every thought and perspective is colored dingy beige.
Lord into this foggy space,
we ask you to send the radiating light of your Son,
that the caregiver’s mind and heart
might be transported
to the glorious day to come.
May she see the silvery river of the water of life
glistening into this dim space.
May she brighten at the brilliant greens
and lemon yellows
of the leaves of the tree
for the healing of nations (and patients).
May she imagine the better day,
the eternal day
when she and her loved one will taste of all twelve kinds of fruit,
pomegranates and mangoes and juicy oranges and grapes
bursting with the joy of it all.
Comfort the caregiver with this true hope,
the hope of eternal glory.
In Jesus’ restoring name. Amen.
Read Revelation 22:1-5.
