Come With Me in My Death

After reading this quote in a RZIM Slice of Infinity from this week, I immediately prayed it for my friend’s mother (and their entire family) as they walk through the suffering of end stage cancer:

“Lord Jesus, come yourself, and dwell with us, be human as we are, and overcome what overwhelms us. Come into the midst of my evil, come close to my unfaithfulness. Share my sin, which I hate and which I cannot leave. Be my brother, Thou Holy God. Be my brother in the kingdom of evil and suffering and death. Come with me in my death, come with me in my suffering, come with me as I struggle with evil. And make me holy and pure, despite my sin and death.” Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Come near!
Come near!

For You are big and strong; we are frail and weak.
You banish darkness and fear; and to us, the darkness can feel so overwhelmingly scary.
In You, there is hope; apart from you, no hope.
 You took on flesh. You understand.
You have overcome.

Heading into a prayerful day—

Yours,
Tara B.