August 3, 2010
A Prayer for Single Mothers…
God…I know you hear me…you’ve answered my prayers before, you’ve restored my soul just recently with the love of good friends and family, so I’m asking this time for a miracle of sorts…like the time your son fed the crowd with the fish and the loaves…you remember…
I belong to a large family, a family of single mothers and God, we’re tired. For instance, my adopted sister Brie, she’s up at night with a newborn, raising a beautiful spirited 4 year old and battling fears bigger than any forest fire, hold her so close that she literally feels your breath on her cheek.
We’re a tough group God, and I know that you have known from the beginning this would be our circumstance and you provided us with the strength and the stubborness to take on the world and protect our children…but Lord again, we’re tired. We’re up before the sun; packing lunches, checking homework and praying we have the money for the electric bill. Could you let just a bit of sun shine through the window every morning to remind us that you’re there, and that you’re watching? Because honestly sometimes the sunny days, we miss them, because we’re too busy to look.
I think about our children too Lord, little girls and boys growing up without their daddy there …and I know this is not the perfect plan you had for families and why your word says you hate divorce…but sometimes things happen, you know that…people leave, people hit, hearts break and here we are so…Could you make sure Duncan finds strong male role models, and that Garrett never has to want for someone to play catch with…could you wrap your arms so tight around Claire and Emma and remind them that you’re a father who never leaves? And…all the children being raised by single moms…give them smiles Lord, give them smiles.
Most of all, I would ask, lighten our stress, put people in our path that offer to pick up our kids when we’re running late, bring by the hand me down clothes that their children have outgrown, don’t comment on the tears in our eyes but hug us so tight…these people help us sleep through the night and believe that tomorrow is brighter.
I don’t mean to complain at all because I can list blessings a plenty, but my heart is heavy today because some of my single mom friends are hurting and I know that when they hurt, you hurt…but just between you and I Big Guy… you don’t always seem to show up when we hurt, so today please show up in a BIG way…we’ll be waiting.
Dennis Cassidy said,
August 4, 2010 at 7:00 pm
I so hope that prayer is answered for all of ya.
Angie said,
August 10, 2010 at 7:08 am
I get this. I really do. Tonight this is my prayer. For all of us.