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Prayer for the missing
Originally appeared on spirituality.com
People go missing every day—in Australia, about 30,000 adults and children every year. Sadly, some are never found—like Daniel, a 15-year-old Queensland boy who, in 2003, entered a stranger’s car and hasn’t been seen since. Other people are located—like Cornelia Rau, a mentally ill woman from Sydney who was discovered three months after disappearing, mistakenly held as an illegal immigrant in a South Australian detention centre.
For families, friends and colleagues of the missing, not knowing the fate of a loved one is deeply distressing. That’s why every time I hear a report of a missing person, I stop and pray. Prayer can help bring a resolution.
Although mystery may surround someone’s disappearance, I like to remember something Jesus said: “There is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known.” To me, this means no situation can remain cloaked in secrecy or uncertainty. No one is lost to God. His all-knowing, all-seeing love is on duty 24/7.
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