Jesus, thank You for showing me the kindness that still exists in SIL. I pray that the good in her will outweigh and displace the violence in her. Lord, use some positive reinforcement with her since she apparently can’t hear You yet. When she does right, fill her with your peace and presence; when she does bad remove that sense of peace and presence from her. I know Your Spirit won’t actually leave her, but I ask that SIL feels as if He did so she can seek why and start making connections between what pleases and what grieves the Holy Spirit. You did it with the Israelites and You did it with me when I disobeyed You about praying for other drivers.

For your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, and your sins have hidden his face from you so that he does not hear. Isaiah 59:2

Blessed is the man… in whose spirit is not deceit. But when I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long; day and night your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was dried up as by the heat of summer. Psalm 32:2-4

And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. Ephesians 4:30

I pray that SIL’s concern about grieving the Holy Spirit grows to outweigh her desire for self-gratification. May her love for You continue to grow each day.

In Your Guiding Presence,

Amen