I'm a mom of boys. I prayed for boys from the time I started desiring a family. Before I was even married, I would write out boy names that I liked. But, there is a longing in me for a little girl. We've talked about the possibility of adopting a little girl some day, but nothing on the horizon. I've really been wanting a girl lately, and there is no way I'm having another baby. I think sometimes God puts a longing in you for a reason all His own.
I can't stop thinking about girls I've never met. Girls half a world away. Girls who have been stolen, and possibly put "on the market" for sale. My heart breaks for them, and it breaks for their mothers. With our American Mother's Day coming up in a few days, I can only think about how these mother's in Nigeria would give anything to have their girls back.
Tears flow as I begin to pray for the girls, and specifically over one girl named Saraya Samuel. I pray for the Lord to be near her, where ever she is. I ask that He would give her wisdom and peace, the peace that passes all understanding to guard her heart and her mind in Christ. I ask the Holy Spirit to comfort her and calm her while she is away from her family. I pray that she would be filled with peace and hope would abound in her. In Jesus' name, amen!
I will continue to lift her up until she is found. Will you join me in praying for these precious girls? You can find the names listed here. These are only 180 of the names. There are over 230 girls missing. Pray for the nameless girls, too. They need to be found safe and delivered back home to their families.
My tears dry up, and I'm trying to work through the anger I feel about this whole situation. How evil one person, or group could be. How they could just rip innocent girls out of school and sell them off like heads of cattle. It makes me sick that this was not a major news story until this week. How could this have happened a month ago, and we are just now getting the news?
But God. He's so good at reminding me that He is always working. Even now, in this tragedy, He's working. He's calling us to prayer, and maybe some of us have laid down our prayer warrior hats. He's calling us to action, and maybe some of us have given up on working in missions. Will you commit with me, and a whole lot of other people, to pray for these girls until they are found?
