Prayer: 1 John 5:14

This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.
1 John 5:14

Almost a year ago, I started to loose my son. His sleep decreased rapidly, he started chewing on furniture, through walls down to the metal beams, his was covered head to toe in eczema, had chronic ear infections, stopped eating, lost weight, and his mood was incredibly challenging. Some days I watched him just stare out the window with no expression and other day I spend the whole day calming a very emotional child. We visited an allergist, a dermatologist, a pediatrician, an ENT, a naturopath, a sleep specialist, and consulted a child psychologist and dentist to find out what was wrong with my son. It was a hard season and I felt stretched to my limits. I was desperate to find an answer.

During that season I spent a lot of time in prayer. Some day I simply said I had no words to offer up. Sometimes I cried. Sometimes I was really angry at God. I was a mom to a very sick three year old, I had an 18 month old, and at the peek of all the health challenges I found out I was pregnant with our third child. It took us months to sort out what was wrong but through it I was reminded that God works in many different ways when it comes to prayer. Sometimes miricles happen instantly and other times it's through lots of hard work and perseverance. Sometimes we wait. I feel somewhere between the wait and perseverance. A year later I am seeing the goodness that came from it, the faith that my son developed, the empathy and mercy that God grew in my child. I doubted sometimes if God heard me but in the end, if I never prayed, I never would have looked for an answer to prayer. Even when its hard, even when it feels hopeless, pray. God is at work and you may not see it yet.

Dear God, thank you for hearing our prayers. Thank you for having your ears tuned to us. What peace it brings to approach you with our request and know you are listening.

Amen.