Myspace Friend Says:
hi! its me again. thank you for helping me out thru all of these tough times i’ve been having lately. I know you have done alot for me, but i was just wondering…would you pray for me? Me my boyfriend are trying to get this one apartment, it’ll get us away from my drug addicted father and my alcoholic mother. i dont want our son seeing any more of that kind of stuff, hes seen enough. Please pray for us. Please. Thank you, and God bless you!

Beloved by Him replies…

Dear Friend,

Hi dear one, this is Beloved by Him in for Trophy of Grace. I’m really glad that you came back to the site; it’s our privilege to serve you and to pray for you. I hope that you will also open your heart to some things I want to share with you.

We are very concerned about your living situation with your parents, and the effect it is having on you and your son. I know that it is very stressful and detrimental to you both. We want you to be safe, physically and emotionally, and out of an environment where there is drug and alcohol abuse. We are going to pray that the Lord makes a way for you and your son to be removed from that situation, and that He brings you to a place of safety and peace where you will not have to bear the burden that your parents’ lifestyle puts on you.

Another concern we have is that you are planning to move in with your boyfriend. While this may be a temporary fix, you are putting yourself in another precarious position. You have no guarantee that your boyfriend will keep a commitment to be financially responsible for his part of the bills. If something happens between the two of you to change your relationship status, it’s a lot easier for an unmarried person who doesn’t have a child to move on, leaving you to fend for yourself and your son. Please understand, I’m not trying to pick on your boyfriend. He may be a great guy that cares for you both immensely. But living together provides no guarantees for your protection, financially or otherwise.

God wants you to be hopeful and confident in His good plans for you, plans He determined long ago (Jer. 29:11, Eph. 2:10). He’s promised to use even the hard times in your life for your good as well (Rom. 8:28). But living in a relationship with someone outside of marriage is against His will and law. We can’t make our own rules and plans, even in a crisis situation when we might think we can justify our actions, and expect to have the same outcome as if we had honored God and trusted Him to make a way of escape—maybe even do something so great and unbelievable, no one who saw it could say that it was anyone but God Who did it (Is. 41:20).

I’m not trying to lecture you, and I know you’re in a difficult position and feeling overwhelmed. But I do want to encourage you to try and see things a little differently. When you’re between a rock and a hard place, I pray that you will let God be the rock, because He can’t be moved, and He will protect you. If you will trust Him right where you are, and commit your decisions to Him, He will show you that He will take care of you, whether you’re still with your parents, or if He shows you a new place to go (Ps. 37:5, Pr. 3:5-6). Maybe a family member will come forward and offer to help you, or a close friend that you trust. I don’t know what the right answer is, but I do know that God will make a way for you to follow Him without causing you to sin. Just don’t put any limits on God—on what He can do, His willingness to help you, or His great love and care for you.

There’s a verse that has spoken to me a lot over the years, when things were really weighing down on me and I didn’t know what was coming next, or if I was going to make it through some hard times. The verse is Psalm 46:5, and it says,

“God is in the midst of her, she shall not be moved. God shall help her, just at the break of dawn.”

When I would read that verse, I knew that it meant that God was truly working in me, and that He was going to show up and help me, even if it was at the last moment. Sometimes He waits to change our circumstances, because it’s more important that He allows our faith to become stronger then it is to take the pressure off without letting us grow in our knowledge and experience of Him. I hope that you will wait on Him, too, even if it’s hard, because He will never be late in sending help. It will come exactly when you need it (I Kings 8:56).

Let’s pray together, asking God to give you the faith and trust you need to believe on Him, even in this difficult time.

Heavenly Father, Dearest Jesus, Wonderful Holy Spirit,

You are a mighty and awesome God, and we come to you today with thanksgiving for all that You are, especially because we only see You in part. Your word says that “blessed are those who do not see, and believe” in Jesus, and we are so thankful for that, because we understand that we don’t have to see You to know that You are there, and You are loving us and working on our behalf. Lord God, I ask that you would intervene for our sister and her son, because they are struggling right now in the world, and they need Your help. I know, God, that You are our strong tower, our protection, our provider, and our wisdom, and that You are totally faithful to those who will cry out to You for help. I ask on behalf of our sister that You would make a way where there is no way, that You would show her a path where her steps will be sure and she will feel Your presence walking with her and guiding her. I pray that You would bring her to a safe place, where she can rest and sleep in peace, and where her days will be filled with joy and gladness. I pray for her parents, Lord, that You would bring them to salvation, and that You would make their lives a testimony of Your grace and mercy. I pray that our sister would find a strong Bible-teaching church where they will help her learn Your word and provide help for her in her time of need. Please, Lord Jesus, give our sister a longsuffering heart to minister to her parents, and yet not be pulled into that lifestyle. Please make a way for her to take care of herself and her son, and give her the strength she needs to meet her responsibilities. If there is a new place for her to move with her son, Lord, I ask that you would show her and that you would make the way clear. I pray that her boyfriend would be a believer in You, Jesus, and that He would want to honor You and her with his actions towards our sister, never asking her to compromise in any way and always seeking her best interests. Lord, we can’t see what is going to happen, but we trust You because You are good, and Your mercy endures forever. I pray for that mercy and love to be poured out on our sister and her son now, and that she will be filled with hope by the power of Your Holy Spirit. Thank You for our sister, Lord, that she is here because You love her and created her for Your good purpose and pleasure, and I ask that You would show her every day how much You love her, even as she looks at her child and remembers that children are a blessing from You. We trust You, Lord, and we commit all of our needs and cares over to You, because You care for us, and because You will supply all our needs according to Your riches in glory. Thank You so much for loving us, Lord, and that all of Your promises are true and will come to pass. We love You, God. In Jesus’ name we pray, Amen.

We love you, too and we hope that you will keep coming back and let us know how you all are doing.

Love,
Beloved by Him

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