Sometimes I Assume Too Much

I've got a friend, a neighbor, who just went through a terrible life change and is facing many decisions, suddenly, alone. My instinct is to suggest that the choices she has been talking about making, the past few weeks, are wrong. But who am I to know what's best for her?

A few of us who know her feel the same way. But, again, not one of us is in her head. Not one of us has dealt with whatever she personally dealt with in her life. Not one of us knows our own future, let alone her future.

So what do I do? I have already opened my mouth once or twice, explaining where I think she needs to give up on one option and pursue a different option. So I need to just keep my mouth shut now. If I'm right, I pray she hears those ideas again, from someone she might heed. If I am wrong, I pray she forgets what I've suggested.

In the end, sometimes all we can do is pray for each other. We do not know what the Lord wants for others in our lives. Only He knows.

Sweet Lord Jesus, help me to keep my mouth shut when I need to do so. Help me by hearing my prayers for this person, for what the Father knows she needs and not what I think she needs. Please look her way and let us see a wee miracle in the making, some amazingly good things happening to this woman at this unsettled time of her life. You helped me back when I faced really tough calls. And so, in this case as well, I trust in you.