A SPECIAL PRAYER FOR MOTHERS

For many people, especially many women, one of the loveliest days in the year is also one of the loneliest. Since it is #MothersDay today in the UK, Ireland and Nigeria, let’s pray for mums.

📷 Thanks to Bex for permission to use her lovely photo
We celebrate the all-round amazingness
of so many mothers today:
May the ones who are stressed
somehow get rest,
And those who have failed
be blessed.
We remember those missing their mums more than usual today,
May the ones who are hurting
grieve well and heal soon
And those who feel lonely
get chocolate and zoom.
We pray for weary mums
coping alone through lockdown
And heartbroken mums
mourning the loss of a child,
We remember worried mums
whose little ones are sick
And wistful ones
who’d love to hold a baby of their own.
We hold before you Lord
the many for whom today
is sadder than it is happy,
may they find a quiet space we pray,
a sure embrace, a place of grace
to hear you when you say:
‘As a mother comforts her child, so will I comfort you.’ ~ Isaiah 66:13

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A PRAYER FOR MOTHERS

Today* we pray for mothers
to know love and joy
And for orphans, comfort
For not-yet mothers, hope
For single mothers, grace
And for those who are lonely, family
We pray grace today
For the mothers of prodigals
For those whove lost children
And for those who don't know where their children are

May the embrace of grace displace shame
For mums in prison,
For those who cant feed a baby
For those who miscarried
And those who had an abortion
May those who never held their own child,
For whom today is sadder than it is happy,
Know the joy of parenting sons and daughters
Within the family of God

For ‘as a mother comforts her child,’
says the Lord, ‘so will I comfort you;
and you will be comforted.’
~ Isaiah 66:13
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