I just received a prayer request from Laura who has asked for prayer for her friend at the sudden loss of her husband.  She wrote:

Amy, I am writing to you with a heart full of pain.  My dear homeschooling friend's husband went home to be with our Savior suddenly.  Her name is Naomi, she has five children...Ethan, Noah, Christopher, Micah, and Sarah.  There daughter is good friends with my girls.  He was a pillar for this family and it is so hard to understand all of this.  Please cover them in your prayers. 

 

This is a path that none of us want to even imagine going down.  My heart aches for her, and for the kids.  When you hold a friend in your arms that has just been widowed, I believe you are changed for life.  They are clinging to the Lord for their strength.  She told me that they are clinging to Almighty God and He is going to father their children for them now. 

 

Please be praying for them.  The services are today and tomorrow.  I told Naomi that the Holy Spirit will be prompting her brothers and sisters in Christ to pray for them, and we will respond in obedience.  So if the Holy Spirit brings them to your mind, please pray for them.  It is through the prayers of their fellow believers that they will gain the strength to even get through this tragedy.  Please also pray for the services.  He was a doctor in our town and a very well known and loved family.  Many people are planning on going to the funeral who do not know the Lord as their Savior.  Our prayer is that the Lord will bring many into His kingdom as a result of this tragedy.  The funeral is at 2:00 tomorrow.

 

In Christ,

Laura in ND