Father, we come to Your mercy seat to lift up those whose souls are disquieted. We pray for the forgotten, for the hurting, for the abused, for the abandoned, for those separated from family, for those struggling with family disunity, for those suffering from illness, depression or loss. We need Your presence. We crave Your countenance to shine upon us and give us peace. We hope in You. We trust in Your loving kindness. We praise You for Your help in the name and authority of Jesus, according to Your good and perfect will. Amen.

“My tears have been my food day and night, ​​While they continually say to me, ​​’Where is your God?’ ​​When I remember these things, ​​I pour out my soul within me. ​​For I used to go with the multitude; ​​I went with them to the house of God, ​​With the voice of joy and praise, ​​With a multitude that kept a pilgrim feast. ​​Why are you cast down, O my soul? ​​And why are you disquieted within me? ​​Hope in God, for I shall yet praise Him ​​For the help of His countenance.” (Psalm 42: 3-1 NKJV)

 

 

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Joy S Taylor is a follower of Christ, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother. Her workdays were spent using the Master of Science in Accounting degree that God graciously allowed at the age of, well, greater than 40. She led a divorce recovery support group sponsored by her church for seven years, and spent more than a decade in leadership roles for Celebrate Recovery, using what God had done in her life to point others to the healing only Jesus gives. Now retired, she concentrates on writing for Jesus from her beloved hickory grove in Indiana, yet devotes some of her time to volunteering.