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Prayer to Know God’s Love for Me

Post author By Jocelyn Soriano
Post date August 21, 2024
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Lord, help me to realize more how much you love me. Theoretically, I know you died for me. And I’m sorry if even that doesn’t always melt the coldness of my heart. Help me to know that you didn’t die only for humanity as a whole but personally also for my sake.

The saints say that you would have died even for just one person. That means that you would have died even if just for me. Help me to believe that. That you would leave the ninety-nine sheep behind just so you could look for me.

Let me know that you love me uniquely and that you see me and care about me personally…intimately. Help me remember that gaze of love in your eyes…how you see me and know me through and through, even the very depths of my heart.

Your love is so wide, Lord, that encompasses all being. But your love is also deep, intimate and personal. Your love for me is so full that it could never be lessened by any creature in the whole of creation. Let me dwell always within you and may my heart be worthy enough so you may also dwell within me. Amen.

“O thou Omnipotent Good, thou carest for every one of us as if thou didst care for him only, and so for all as if they were but one!” – St. Augustine

“What do you think? If a shepherd has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go in search of the one that went astray?”- Matthew 18:12 (NRSVCE)

“Jesus would have died for one person, for one sinner.” – Mother Teresa

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Prayer of One in Despair

Lord, I don’t know how much longer I can carry on. It’s so dark around me and within me. It’s as though the very air I breathe is suffocating me and I am terrified that I will completely lose my way.

You know, O Lord, that I am barely holding on. My heart feels empty, and my soul is dry. I’m clinging to the very last thread of hope!

Please, Lord, come rescue me quickly before I fall into utter despair! Everything is so overwhelming and I can see no help or comfort anywhere. It’s very painful just to go on that I don’t know how much longer I can endure it.

Reach out your strong and loving hand, pull me out of this pit I’m in. Draw me close to you, Lord where I can catch a glimpse of light once again.

You are my refuge, and my faithful Friend. Dear Jesus, embrace me in the warmth of your love and never let me go. Lead me and sustain me. For there is nothing impossible with Your power and love. Amen.

“My wanderings you have noted;
are my tears not stored in your flask,
recorded in your book?”
-Psalm 56:9 (NABRE)

“Be at peace, then, put aside all anxious thoughts and imaginations, and say continually: ‘The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart has trusted in Him and I am helped. He is not only with me but in me and I in Him.’”
– Saint Francis de Sales

May the above prayer help bring you out of despair as it leads you toward the light of hope!

Just a Little Light

Just a little light to find my way
A little light before the day
Through that crooked path as I walk
Through that dark night so cold.

Let me have a little hope
Let me see some stars
And no matter how frightening
The wind may howl,
Somehow I’d know
You’re never far.

I will look for that little light
A spark that flickers in the dark
It’ll be enough to guide my path
It’ll be enough to warm my heart.

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This is a collection of some of my most inspiring poems for those in despair. I have written many of them when I needed to endure the most painful moments, times when I had been grateful for the smallest ray of light I could find. I hope that like little fireflies that shine in the night, they also help you in your darkest hours. As you walk in the rain, all drenched and cold, may you find little sparks of hope to carry you through.

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Prayer of a Sick Man

My Lord, I’ve been bed-ridden for so long that I could hardly remember the time I’ve been well enough to take a simple walk out of my garden. I’ve been suffering night and day and the pangs of pain seem to get stronger with the passing of each day. I am losing hope of ever getting any better, of being well again.

And my pain only doubles up whenever I see the suffering of my own family. I know how much they miss the person I used to be. I know the troubles they gothrough to put up happy faces infront of me while hiding away their own pain. They don’t want me to worry so they say that everything’s fine. But I know that things are not so fine anymore. Surely by now the house is already mortgaged and the kids are working triple time just so they can pay the loan. Surely by now prospects of a new business project is dim and my wife is pulling herself two ways – attending to me and worrying about our financial distress. I should be the man of the house.

I should be the one taking care of my family. But here am I lying in bed, waiting for my hour when I shall shatter their hearts again just so I can escape from pain. Forgive me God for my waning courage. Forgive me for giving up hope at the time it is needed most.

I come before you almighty Healer. If my time has truly come, let it be so. But I will not give up without a fight. I trust in your goodness and unfailing love. I trust that the miracles you did you still do today and if only you will will it, you can heal me. You can save me and my loved ones from these dark days that have sapped all our laughter and our hope. Touch me O God with your healing power, forgive me of my sins and let me arise from this bed, whole and willing to serve you strongly once again!

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An Old Man’s Prayer

Dear God, you had always been there for me, through every trial and every tear, through every victory and through every joy. I couldn’t have made it through without you. I couldn’t have lived a beautiful life were it not for your grace and your love. There is just so much to be thankful for, especially for the people who truly made this life worthwhile. Many of them had already gone, many I do not know where their own journeys led them. But just the same O Lord, I thank you for we have touched one another’s lives. I shall never forget them, and their lives will always be a part of mine.

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Prayer of a Blind Man

Dear Jesus, they say that the world is so beautiful and it is just a pity that I couldn’t see it. They say that there are so many wonderful colors around, colors that make you happy and that brightens up your day. They exclaim, “What a beautiful sunrise!” or “What a magnificent sunset!”, and then they tell me just how much they wanted to share those things to me. And I believe they are able to, Jesus. They are able to share their happiness with me even if they’re not able to share their eyes. And I am grateful to them. I thank you for all the wondrous gifts you have given us in this world.

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