Prayers for tired moms and dads
The Sunday you did not go
The nursery, the crying, the nap, and then it was three months.
And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.
Matthew 28:20, NIV
Jesus, it is Sunday and we are on the couch again. We tried the nursery, we tried the early service, we tried taking turns, and today we just did not. You said You are with us always, and You did not say only in the building. So be here, in this living room, with the cartoons on. Keep my faith warm through the months nobody sees it, and if there is a way back to a room full of people, show me when I have the strength for it. Amen.
You are here too
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.
- 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.
- The only one in the house who prays When faith is yours alone at the table.
- 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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