Father God,
Today, I pray for those who walk in invisibility, those whose darkness of body and/or soul is unrecognized by those around them. So many walk through their days feeling alone and without anyone to understand their struggles, their suffering. This often further leads to not even understanding their own pain or its source.
So many have given up on others to empathize or demonstrate caring through acts of mercy and service. So many have given up on receiving even kind words of comfort.
I pray that Your church would awaken to its deafness and blindness of the lonely in its midst. The church at large has lost sight of those in its midst who needs the cup of cold water, the words of encouragement, the silence of sitting with them through the storms they face. Remove the stony layer over the hearts of Your people that they might love one another as You command once again.

In Christ’s Name,
Amen.