Today I was part of the Lancaster National Day of Prayer Celebration. 50 of us met in a pristine 1870 vintage sanctuary in Mount Joy PA. We had a number of folks from the community lead us in prayer for their assigned areas … the mayor was there to pray us through “government,” the president of the local Chamber of Commerce to pray for businesses … you get the picture.
Well in the middle of this litany … an ensemble of young ladies from the local middle school got up to sing two songs they had written. They were great in both performance and power of lyric.
When it was my turn to lead us in a time of prayer for families I presented several requests … one was to pray against fatherlessness … dads who were either physically or emotionally absent from their children. I then broke the audience into small groups to pray through one of the family issues I had listed … asking each group to pick a topic and pray.
I met with the young ladies who sang. They were sitting in the front pew! Do you know what they wanted to pray for? Yes … against fatherlessness … they each prayed that men would be loving husbands and involved fathers. Each one of those beautiful girls was in a home with no daddy. What a powerful moment that was for me. What a demonstration that our Heavenly Father is indeed a “Father to the fatherless!” Pray for fathers!
