A PRAYER FOR MOTHER’S DAY

Russell Moore shares some thoughts about remembering the infertile on Mother’s Day. In the comments section, one reader shared this prayer for Mother’s Day. I found it beautiful and wanted to share it with you.

Heavenly Father, on a day like Mother’s Day there are so many different emotions that we bring to you.

Some of us bring emotions of deep gratitude and joy for the mothers you have blessed us with, mothers who have

loved us,

cared for us,

walked with us

and taught us how to live well.

We praise you for such love shown to us through our moms and we pray for all those who are moms, that you would give them:

strength where they are weak,

wisdom where they are unsure,

patience with the many demands placed upon them,

faith in your care for them and their families,

and love—deep love—for those whom you have given them to nurture.

Others of us bring emotions of sadness and pain. Some of us are saddened because our relationship with our mom is not easy, or was not easy, or perhaps never existed at all.

Please meet us in our pain,

heal our hearts where they are wounded,

soften our hearts where they are hardened,

and enable us to forgive and to love even those who have hurt us.

Others of us are saddened because we long to be moms, long to have children, and yet are not able to do so.

Father of mercies,

give us comfort in our sadness,

trust in you despite unfulfilled longings,

and joy in knowing that you never stop loving us or having our best in mind.

We pray these things to you as our Father, who loved us before the world began, and will love us forevermore.

I, Peggy,  personally would add this to the prayer:

Father,

    Some of us are physically separated from our mothers by distance. We thank you for the years we had together and ask you to fill the gaps in our heart left by this separation.

Our loving God,

     We recognize with sadness, that some of us have lost our mothers and our hearts ache in that loss. Help us to feel the consolation of your Holy Spirit ministering in our hearts.

Finally, God our Father,

     Help us to mother the needy and the motherless, even as you have reached out to steady us, care for us, and gather us under your protective wings. Thank you for standing in the stead of our earthly mothers, for you are both our father and our mother. 

In Jesus’ precious name I would pray…