Pray for America - Day 12

For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.  – Romans 8:38-39

DAY 12: "God Hears, God Sees"

The word isolated is defined as “being in a place or situation separate from others.” Some of us choose to isolate ourselves by spending long hours on our computers or in our rooms with our smartphones. But some are isolated not by choice, such as military spouses during deployments, the divorced, the sick, the poor or the elderly, who experience loneliness at its deepest level. Whatever the situation, a devastating effect of being isolated is the feeling of being unloved.

When Hagar found herself in the desert alone with her young son and without food or drink, she felt rejected, numb and despondent. As she sobbed great tears of anguish, an angel of the Lord appeared to her, speaking words of comfort and hope. The angel instructed her to name her son Ishmael, meaning “God hears.” Then God opened Hagar’s eyes and she saw a well of water nearby. With a changed heart, she named it “Well of the Living One Who Sees Me.”

Pray and ask God to give us His eyes to see those around us who are lonely, feeling unloved, or fighting the battle of depression, and equip us to respond and deliver the message across America that indeed God hears, and God sees.