It might not be serious but anytime one of our loved ones is ill we naturally are concerned.  And of course when it is one of our grandchildren we wish we could rush to her side to give her our love. Turns out Rachel – she’s younger in this photo – is in hospital and so because we cannot be by her side we reach out in prayer.

That’s the wonderful nature of prayer – it reaches beyond geography.  It reaches beyond time too. The invitation from Scripture is to cast all our cares on Jesus. This isn’t a magic wand kind of action, but that God who is the author of life can bring healing and life to any situation.

So we pray for little Rachel that she will be held in the arms of God tonight and healing will come through modern medicine and the hand of God.