Rizpah - Her Legacy Of Prayer

Rizpah - Her Legacy Of Prayer

Rizpah daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it out for herself on a rock. From the beginning of the harvest till the rain poured down from the heavens on the bodies, she did not let the birds of the air touch them by day or the wild animals by night.

— 2 Samuel 21:10

REFLECT ON:	2 Samuel 21:8 – 14.
PRAISE GOD:	For giving mothers the power to love their children so fiercely.
OFFER THANKS:	For the way other women have stood by you in times of difficulty.
CONFESS:	Any tendency to back off rather than confront important moral issues with love and courage.
ASK GOD:	To stretch your love beyond your own family circle so that it becomes a force that shapes the world around you.

Lift Your Heart

Mothers are often their children’s first line of defense. How tragic when children never experience the power of a mother’s protecting love. So many abused children shuffle through our social system with devastating results. So many unborn children perish quietly, with no one to mourn their passing. We cannot save all the motherless children, but we can reach out one at a time. Pray about whether you could become a “big sister” to a young girl in need. Go out of your way to make a neglected child feel welcome in your home. Speak out against the forces in our culture that devalue human life. Lend your voices to those that clamor for peace in our world. Do what you can where you can. Let your love be fierce and strong. Don’t back off.

Father, thank you for my mother’s protecting, persistent love. I know your own love better because of how she loved me. Help me become a spiritual mother to those you bring into my life.