Tim Challies received this email from a reader. It resonated with me because I also cry out to God, wanting my children home. The emailer wrote,
"Personal situation with universal question: My wife and I are adopting 2 kiddos from Africa that have HIV.
That’s all planned, no surprise, grace given to us to do so, praise be
to God. Throughout this, I continuously pray for my kiddos over there.
Yelling, crying, heart wrenching (I’m tearing up right now thinking
about it) kind of prayers. They are very sick, and I want my babies home
with me. They’re dying of starvation and little medication over there. I
don’t feel like I keep praying the same prayers because I don’t believe
God cares or can take care of it, I pray because it’s breaking my
heart, I badly want by children home, and I want it to stay as a
“top-shelf issue” in front of God. Am I wrong in my theology and
practice by continuing to pray for the same thing? I sometimes feel that
it’s blasphemous to re-pray something, as if I’m insinuating that God
is not listening, doesn’t care, doesn’t remember, or needs to
re-prioritize His to-do list."
Read how Challies responds here.
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