A prayer for when you've lost everything written by Jennifer Maggio and read by Kelly Givens.

We are afflicted in every way but not crushed, perplexed but not driven to despair, persecuted

but not forsaken, struck down but not destroyed, always caring in the body the death of Jesus

so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies.

Second Corinthians 4, 8-10.

It was 3.30 in the morning when I received the call that changed everything.

Jennifer, you need to get out of the house. Your neighborhood is flooding. My friend sobbed

hysterically. Unsure if I was dreaming, I stumbled from my bed, down the hall, and out my front door.

Flood waters were pouring into my neighborhood, more quickly than I can even describe.

Within 20 minutes, we were loaded in the car and fleeing the scene. It only took a matter of

hours for the great Louisiana flood of 2016 to overtake my home and wash away virtually everything

I owned. Baby pictures, wedding albums, my children's first letters, everything.

There is someone reading this who is there right now. You have lost everything. You feel you can't

go on. You are certain no one sees you. I'm writing this for you today. I'm writing to tell

you some important things for you to know when you lose everything. You haven't lost everything.

It may seem like it today. It may seem like the dark cloud has followed you way too long.

Maybe you've lost a great deal in a short period of time.

Maybe you've lost your job or your health is failing or your mom just died.

I don't know what your loss looks like today, and I wouldn't dare minimize it.

Take time to grieve the loss. Take your time. Let time heal the wounds of loss.

But please know, you haven't lost everything. God is with you.

As a born again child of the king, your salvation isn't lost. Your future beyond this earth is secure.

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