I posted this prayer first in 2014, however it still resonates on my heart today. Today may be bittersweet to some, but I lift you ladies up in this special prayer and ask the Holy Spirit to fill your heart today with what you DO have and that is all the promises of Jesus Christ.
With Hope & Peace, ~jennifer
Lord, you have made mothers beautiful. They are lovely and truly more precious than any gems. Their love abounds and I thank you from the depths of my heart for my mother. She is amazing for her sacrifices for her family, the encouragement she offers and generosity she exemplifies. She is an adored creation of You who makes all things beautiful.
Today though, I lift a special mother to you now; the Mothers in waiting. These mothers have been silently hoping for a bundle of joy of their own. These moms stifle bittersweet cries into their pillows at night after shopping for their friends’ baby shower or opening a beautiful birth announcement that afternoon. They ask You in the many sleepless nights, when will it be their turn to hold their own child in their arms? They wonder if you still hear their same prayer or if they should turn away from you as they feel you have with them.
These women today will put on their best smile and go through the motions of Mother’s Day. They have been inundated with today since last month and now they walk it out by celebrating their own mom, avoiding the awkward questions asked, “when are you going to have kids?” and trying to not break down and weep over the deep ache in their heart with so much focus going on all around them of what they are not.
These women are special to me Father, because I know too well these kinds of Mother’s Day. Jehovah Shalom, please comfort them today and give them a peace that supersedes today. Whether they have just begun in the journey or have been on this road for a decade or more, please reassure them you hear their prayers. Wipe away their tears Father God and fill their hearts with the only presence that balms the wound in their heart; You. Let them feel You holding them up strongly in your arms. Let their minds be at rest from the specialist visits, procedures and doctor calls.
Today let them just bask in your love. Rekindle their hope, rejuvenate their soul, strengthen them for the road ahead and the joy that awaits for them at the end.
Lord, I also thank you for your faithfulness in my own journey. Though I still am waiting to hold a child of my own, you have provided me with contentment and joy today because of the journey you have taken me on over a decade ago. I hold onto your promise and I have already fell in love with the child you have for me. As you have me waiting I thank you for blessing me abundantly with so many children in my life for me to love on.
So Lord I lift these mothers like me to You right now. May they come to a know a new joyfulness in this season and enjoy today unrestrained. Thank you for the gift of children, but more importantly, thank you for the gift of your Child, Jesus Christ who takes ashes of anguish and makes a story beautiful by your love and generosity.
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