The LORD showed me a picture of a wounded warrior on the frontlines. This soldier was wounded, one arm hung down useless, broken. She was battered and weary, blood stains on her cheek. The LORD said to me, “𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘐 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘸𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘐 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢 𝘤𝘶𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘬, 𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘦?”
I gulped when the LORD showed me this picture as I had never thought about it this way before. For me it has always been fight, fight, fight, and go, go, go. I needed a season of rest. My answer was, “Of course, LORD, bring her back to a safe place where she can be healed!”
I had a sense that the LORD was saying, “𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦, 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘪𝘯, 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦. 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩. 𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴. 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘻𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶.”
For some of us, this is a season of saying ‘𝗡𝗼,’of strategic retreat, of allowing ourselves to stop and let our Abba Father minister to us. Time for an encounter with Him that will strengthen us, encourage us, heal us, and get us ready to go out into battle stronger than ever! 𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀, 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗯𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘀, 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝘄𝗲𝗮𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺!
Claire's Prayer 