A Mother's Day Prayer

Father God, I am thankful that we set one day apart every year to honor and pay tribute to the work and great sacrifices moms make to raise their children. I want to pray blessings for them this morning. I pray for moms of little ones from infants and toddlers to school aged kids. I pray for blessings of patience and extra hours of sleep. I pray for wisdom to know when to show discipline and when to show mercy and somehow find the balance that teaches love and forgiveness. And when they get old enough to sen off to bed b y themselves let us still sneak in and take advantage of a precious moment of time between turning off the light and leaving the room, ehn they wan us to linger at the door for one more minute, this is when they sometimes share their inmost thoughts with us. Even when we are tired and exhausted give us the ability to treasure these moments when our children's hearts are open to us. I pray for moms of teenagers – a season when our presence is most needed and sometimes least desired. When they push the boundaries give us wisdom to know when to stand firm and when to loosen the reins. Help us to listen more and talk less, to allow freedom to explore feelings and ideas even when they don’t fall in line with our own. Help us make home a safe haven, a place to bring their friends and a place where feelings are respected and love and grace abound. I pray for moms of young adults and grown children –Give us wisdom to know when to help and when to step back, when to offer advice and when to be silent. May we appreciate this season of life when discipline and training have been exchanged for a time when we get to enjoy our children and invest in them in a much different way. This is a season when support and understanding becomes the greatest gift we can bestow on them. Help us to give it in abundance. I pray a very special prayer for the woman who desires deeply to become a mom – I pray for blessings of patience and perfect timing. For you O Father, know the day and the hour it will happen whether it be through the natural way or through extraordinary measures. Your word says that you knew us in the dark place when we were knit together in our mother’s womb, may she know and believe that you have not forgotten her and that you will satisfy her needs. I pray for those who have lost a mom or mother figure or a grandma this year – I pray that blessings of treasured memories will be real and vivid. That we will look back with great joy at a life that brought guidance and wisdom and help us to appreciate that her memory lives on through us as we apply her teachings and pass on her wisdom to our children. And before I close, I want to remember the moms who have lost a child this year, I ask for comfort beyond measure and assurance that you are not unaware of her sorrow. And when the time is right, Father, you will give her a crown of beauty for ashes, a joyous blessing instead of mourning. May this year, Lord Jesus, be full of milestones and may joy and peace abound as we look to you for wisdom and strength in this amazing journey called motherhood. In your sweet name we pray, Lord Jesus, Amen