Prayers for tired moms and dads
The only one in the house who prays
When faith is yours alone at the table.
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.
Proverbs 3:1-6, NIV
God, I am the only one in this house who prays, and it is lonely. I do not know how to raise these children in faith without a partner in it, and I do not want to nag or keep score. I trust You with all my heart, and I will stop leaning on my own plan for how everyone else should change. Make my path straight, and let me love them without a scoreboard. Amen.
Not on my own understanding
The other moments
- The 3 a.m. feed The feed, the rock, the walk down the hall, again.
- The tantrum in the parking lot And the temper after, and the guilt after that.
- Nobody saw what you did today The forty things before nine, and no one to tell.
- The Sunday you did not go The nursery, the crying, the nap, and then it was three months.
- I miss who I was When nobody has said your name all day.
- When your child is sick The waiting room, the fever that will not break.
- When you cannot remember the last time you prayed So this is it. It counts.
- The driveway Two minutes with the engine off, before the noise.
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