Pray for the Children

Tuesday morning of this week found me inside Texas' Plane State Prison for women, visiting one of our members. This will be her first Christmas behind bars so there was lots of talk over the phone, through the glass window, about not being home with her children for Christmas. My heart is heavy.

This Christmas, many children in our city and around the world will be separated from parents through no fault of their own: prison sentences, military service, missionary service, kidnappings, job demands, grudges, divorce, and so much more.

Would you take a moment to pray for the children of the world who, despite a deep yearning for a parent, will be separated from them by time and distance through no fault of their own? Pray for comfort and peace. Pray that they will know a personal relationship with the ultimate parent, our Heavenly Father, through a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.

(picture taken on 2004 NEHBC mission trip in Mexico)