My brother, Tory, is fighting for his life due to COVID-19.
As I write, he is in ICU on a ventilator. I love the Lord and traffic in knowing all things are possible and God is a miracle. Below is my prayer for Tory. Yet as I activate my faith, I think about the 300k+ families who will not share the holidays with a beloved family member–even remotely–this holiday season. I had been praying for the fallen. Now I pray for the families who have to go through this–including my own.
I pray for peace as we each confront the helplessness of not being able to visit a loved one when their lives hang in the balance.
I find myself wanting to blame SOMEBODY for this. I know it’s petty of me and I know life is divinely ordered and yet I feel angry that this is happening to us.
I anxiously wait for the phone to ring afraid of what my sister will say.
And I cry.
Tory is a father.
A son.
A husband.
An uncle.
A nephew.
An entrepreneur.
A provider.
A brother.
The only brother I have.
So this holiday season, I pray for healing–miraculous, wonder-working, supernatural healing for all the families impacted by COVID-19. Whether you lost someone to it or are nursing someone who has it or if you are fervently praying for someone you love to be healed from it, please know you’re not alone. I trust God’s will AND I believe in miracles. All I want for Christmas is healing us all from COVID–the victims as well as those of us who love them.
I know this is not a happy go lucky happy holiday wish. But it’s the best I have right now. Here is my prayer for Tory. Please pray for my family and I will pray for yours too.
I love you.
Dr. Venus
Dear God,
I love you and I trust you. I do not doubt your hand on my life nor your grace and mercy. I have trained myself to not asking for things when I pray.
But I don’t know what else to do right now.
Tory’s in ICU due to COVID. Because it’s COVID, no one, not even his wife, can be with him while he fights for his life. I know I have no right to ask you for anything Lord, but please, if it be in your will, could you please stop by Tory’s hospital bed and let him know he’s loved? That he is not alone in this?
I don’t know if he is conscious or not.
What I do know is you are a miracle worker and you can do anything but fail. Please Lord, spare Tory. It’s a selfish prayer. He’s the only brother I have. It’s the holiday season which is hard on all of us for various reasons. But I know in my blood and bones that miracles happen when you move. Please Lord, I beseech thee for a miracle.
The miracle of Tory’s complete restoration is a gift to me and my family akin to Lazarus’s miracle.
I trust your will God.
And you said to ask.
To seek.
To knock.
I’m asking.
I’m seeking.
I’m knocking.
I’m praying.
I’m trusting.
I’m believing.
I know everything is in divine order.
You have never left or forsaken me.
I know you will not start now.
Your ways are not my ways.
So I praise you in advance for your wonder working power.
Thank you for hearing me out and for coming through.
Let your will be done in this and all things.
In Jesus’ name,
Venus
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