Such is the case with today. One of
our beautiful volunteers prayed over her appointment before even knowing the
girl’s name, age, or situation, and He listened. God makes no mistakes, nor
does He allow a single oversight. This client came to this specific Community
Pregnancy Center to talk to this specific volunteer specifically today. James 5:16 assures us that “the prayer of a righteous person is
powerful and effective.” Prayer moves God. Bold prayers excite God into incredible
action. Not a single factor of today’s appointment was untouched by the
hands of God, because our Creator is personal, precise, and so very faithful to
provide.
This young client is 21 years old,
not an uncommon age for our girls. She is also unmarried, which is also a highly
typical response. Her case seemed simple. The answers on her intake sheet were
not a surprise to her volunteer counselor. She greeted the client and led her
to their counseling room, beginning a most unforgettable conversation. The
story behind this client’s general information ran so very far beyond “common”.
She suffers from bi-polar disorder,
a condition she currently cannot mediate due to this possible pregnancy. She
alone cares for her only son. She is denied Medicaid, though she provided her
driver’s license and social security card, because her birth certificate is in
Ohio. She has no family support, and she has no financial support. Every facet
of her life seems to be a worst case scenario. Despite her complicated and
hopeless reality, her deepest grief lies elsewhere.
On September 22, 2012
Just
4 days ago
The father of her son, the man she loved since she was 13
years old died without sign or warning.
They haven’t even performed his funeral.
The pregnancy test read positive.
The grief, the pain, and the confusion are absolutely unimaginable.
Where is the hope? Where is the Sovereign Hand of God? Where is some cosmic example of Jesus in something like this? Absolutely everything in
this girl’s life is going wrong, and then she loses her best friend.
This is anguish.
“And
being in anguish, He prayed more earnestly,
and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.”
Luke 22:44
and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.”
Luke 22:44
Prayer. This day began with prayer, and it
most certainly ends with prayer. When the test is negative, we pray. When the
test is positive, we pray. When a client spills a story of utter agony out of
her soul, we pray. It’s always about Jesus. Only He can hold her psychological illness
together without a doctor’s hand. Only He can father her fatherless children.
Only He can provide every earthly and heavenly support her needs could ever demand.
The answer is always Jesus, so together with our Christ-believing client, we claim
Habakkuk 3:17-19.
“Though the fig tree does not bud and there are
no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and
the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep
in the pen and no cattle in the stalls,
yet I will rejoice in the Lord,
I will be joyful in God my Savior. The Sovereign Lord is my strength; He makes my feet like the
feet of a deer, He enables me to tread on the heights.”
Pray for this young client as she walks
through these unbelievable days with her Savior. Pray for confirmation as she
sees her baby’s life through a sonogram.
He’s listening, and I thank Him with
every part of my heart that He is present and active, working these meetings
into truly Divine appointments.
