Ukraine Prayer # 478

Ira Kapitonova
I will sing of steadfast love and justice;
to you, O Lord, I will make music.
Psalm 101:1
 
I had several conversations over the past few days with people of different ages, professions, or family statuses. Yet, there seemed to be a common struggle for all of them (and me included) — general fatigue, occasional brain fog, a feeling of uselessness or apathy. No, we all can cope with these feelings most of the time. We pull ourselves together and do our best at work or with our family, but we seem to lose it when we are left with ourselves, one-on-one with our thoughts.
 
Oh, how I long for a day when we will finally be able to be vulnerable, when we'll be able to cry our eyes out for all the losses we've encountered (loss of dreams, loss of opportunities, loss of loved ones), when we'll finally be able to let out the breath we seem to be holding since February 24, 2022.
 
Resilience is our only option today, but how I long to exchange it for vulnerability!
 
Can we also be resilient in prayer? It’s times like these that the perseverance in prayer really counts. Thank you for your prayers, pray for the Ukrainian people, pray also for Russia that they too can know freedom.

Al Akimoff and the Slavic Ministries Team