Caring Father, who knows our frailty and need, bend your ear to us when we pour out our hearts to you, that we would know you hear us and care about our troubles and that we might find comfort in your loving presence, through Jesus our brother, who can empathize with our pain and intercedes for us always in the Holy Spirit before your throne. Amen.
‘At that place he came to a cave and spent the night there. Then the word of the LORD came to him, saying, “What are you doing here, Elijah?” He answered, “I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of hosts, for the Israelites have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I alone am left, and they are seeking my life, to take it away.”‘ – 1 Kings 19:9-10