Prayer for Olivia

“I have found myself in a time of life where I find loneliness very apparent. This feeling expresses itself most clearly when I am home on break, rather than living on campus at Gordon College. I miss my friends, my mentors, and my church family in MA. On top of this, I am a young adult, watching my friends and peers fall into relationships and engagements as well as my two older brothers taking big life steps with their wives. I have a longing to find a greater depth in my relationship with God before being in a romantic relationship, but in my humanness I find myself longing more for earthly comfort to that loneliness. I am struggling to pray for my future husband without overstepping God's plan for me. I know my comfort comes from spending time with the Lord, but I have a hard time calling out to him in the midst of the lonely. I have not yet shared this prayer with those who would be willing to pray over it, it feels slightly embarrassing. But I think that is the enemy getting in my way of finding peace in this struggle. So here I am, being vulnerable. Thank you so much for your prayers.” (1/3/21)