praying for those who are D positive

Today my pastor and friend, Mike Moses, has posted my blog entry from yesterday on his blog.  I gave him permission to do so because he has more followers than I do (not saying much, since I have about 5).  I would like to think my journey in the key of D could benefit others in their journey through the same chord. So today I pray for those who struggle with depression. 

Paul prayed this prayer for the Ephesians:
I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints , to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge - that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.      (Ephesians 3:18-19). 

In the tradition of Paul I pray:

For those of you who struggle with depression, that you would hold tight to truth, even when it seems so contrary to your emotions, and that you would trust that the Father loves you deeply, not as a despicable excuse for a human being, but as a chosen adopted child, the one He wanted and because He wanted He pursued.  I pray that you would trust in the power of the Holy Spirit to sustain you even in the pit, to put your foot on sure footing and to hold you secure through both the fire and the flood no matter how long it lasts, assuring you that it will not overcome you.  I pray that you would choose today to not listen to all the self-criticism and shame that wells up inside you against yourself, that instead you would choose to think some about how tenderly God is with the broken-hearted (which you are).  I pray that something small would cause you to laugh and have hope. I pray that the Father would be your constant companion, not judging you but assuring you that you are not alone, forgotten or unseen.  I pray at the close of the day you can sigh, satisfied with today because of God's love and hopeful for tomorrow because greater is He that is in you than he that is in the world.  May you lay your head on your pillow and sleep peacefully under the eyes of the God who never slumbers or sleeps.  Amen