for the singles in The One Body of Christ in Midland

God, we pray for those long single,
yet still holding out for Your best,
 but starting to droop
 with the weight of days upon them
 beating them down,
--down
--down.
we pray they will faint not or be weary in well-doing.
rain.

for the sequestered ones eating
 and sleeping
 and talking
too much alone,
starting to be resigned
 that there will always be a void this way.

we pray Hope arise
and stay them asThe Anchor of souls.

we pray for the few that truly are to remain
unlinked
 in the normal ways...
for courage and fulfillment and satisfaction and richness
to be multiplied beyond the norm.

we pray these would know You as The Satisfier
that You are,
that You satiate every thirst--
if we ask.
and mysteriously,
You pour over us
 Your invisible serum
unmakeable by man,
like liquid honey with gold mingled in,
it covers
all required.

and for the suffering singles,
we pray comfort,
then relief
 from their own, personal...
droughts.

thank You, El Shaddai