Lord, one I care about deeply has a heart of stone.  You see the walls they built long ago to protect themselves from a world that felt unsafe.  Only you can scale the heights to reach them. Only You have the language to woo them in a way that feels non-threatening.  The barriers they built have spanned a lifetime.  

It is not your desire that anyone live in isolation.  They need a new heart, one that You long to give them.  You said, 

“I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit in you.  I will take out your stony, stubborn heart and give you a tender, responsive heart.   Ezekiel 26:36 

Lead them to someone who will help them work through their brokenness, who will encourage them to grieve what they’ve never had, and who will offer to carry them to You to be their refuge.  You are the one who replaces hearts of stone with hearts that beat, hearts that feel and embrace connection.  Give them the faith to respond to Your invitation to dwell in safety.  Show them that they need not protect themselves from You. No one who has ever trusted in You has ever been put to shame. 

Break through the fog. Melt the ice.  Reveal Yourself so that they may see Your glory and live. It is by the name of Jesus that I pray these things. Amen