Lord, what's happened? is this a phase? is this the influence of friends? is it as serious as he makes it out to be? i'm so worried about him. i care so much, but he can't see it. it doesn't make sense to me to begin to deny every bit of truth he's ever heard throughout his life. i've heard all the same things, but he's the one denying it. why can't it be me? it hurts me to see him going through this. he refuses to speak more than what he's required to at home, so i don't know who he talks with. it makes me nervous. where is he finding truth, if not with You?
Father, please use this conference to shake my baby brother awake. it's killing me to see him hurt so deeply but to refuse to talk about it. i want to have some semblance of relationship with him at some point. i miss my brother. show me what i can do to help win him back to our family and to life. i don't want to come across as overbearing or obsessive about it, but i want him to understand. i love him. restore him to us.
