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Dear Lord 

I have a friend

Who looks like they always have it together

But I can tell from their eyes

Just a shallow illusion,

 But deep down are emotions stirring up from within

I see someone You love Father

Someone who loves You with all their heart

I pray they look up to the hills

They look for You,

From whence cometh our help

You are the maker of heaven and earth

Every single burden of theirs

Burning up inside shall be placed on Your shoulders

You carried the cross of all our sins willingly and gracefully

Though the devil may try

 Their feet will stand firm and not be moved

For He who keepeth them shall not slumber

Behold He who keepeth them shall neither slumber nor sleep

In their private times speak to them Father

Engulf them in Your love

That they may smile of true happiness from within

For You are their keeper

You are the shade upon their right hand

You protected them from birth

And have carried them on Your back as a father does their beloved child

Even when they get older and feel they are capable on their own

You send angels to watch over them

Ensuring that the sun shall not smite them by day,

Nor the moon by night

For the works of the evil one is to attack them when they are at their weakest

But You shall preserve them from all evil

You shall preserve their souls

Even when they are in the world

May they not conform to this world

But instead become the beacon hope that which You have planned

And grow into the great flame of Truth

For all the world to see and be led to You

And finally may You preserve their going out and coming in,

From this day forth and even FOREVEMORE

AMEN

GOD BLESS YOU