The Helper

"I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you." John 14:18 (NIV)

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I have carried seasons like an orphan, certain that whatever needed doing, I would have to do alone.

I called it independence, but it was really fear of being forgotten.

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But You came so I would never have to carry anything as an orphan again.

An orphan has no one coming. I have You, already arrived, already staying, already lifting what I was never meant to lift by myself.

Every time help came from a place I could not explain, that was You, refusing to let the promise be broken.

I called it luck, or timing, or a friend's kindness.

It was You, making sure I was never actually alone.

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Forgive me for living like an orphan when I was never left as one.

You came.

You are still coming, every day I let You.

Helper who came, remind me I was never left to carry this alone.

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A Prayer of Thanksgiving

Thank You, Holy Spirit, for coming so I would not be an orphan.

Thank You for help I did not have to manufacture myself.

Teach me to stop carrying alone what You already came to help me carry. Amen.

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