Mommy-O Prayer: I Don’t Know What to Pray
Dear Lord, I don’t know what to pray. My pleads to You are so imperfect. But I don’t have to search for the perfect words or topics. You know my weakness and intercede for me. I lift my sweet kids up to You this day. Help them to rest in Your grace and love. Know…
Mommy-O Prayer: Thy Word
Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. Psalm 119:105 Dear Lord, Thank You for choosing to speak to us through the glorious redemption story You revealed through Scripture’s treasured pages. It feeds, guides, and gives us strength. Guide me, Lord. Help me to lead my children to feast on…
Rejoice in All Things? Really?
The Bible says to rejoice in all things. All things? Really? Even the yucky stuff that comes with being a mommy? I know the Bible says I’m supposed to, but it’s hard, don’t you think? Usually, when that tinge of conviction comes that perhaps this is an opportunity to rejoice (instead of complain, whine, or…
Mommy-O Prayer: Quiet Their Souls
Dear Lord, I lift my sweet kids up to You this day. Help them to rest in Your grace and love. Know them, Lord, and guide them. Quiet their souls as they seek You. Help me to honor You by serving them with joy and grace. Let me reflect You to them. I can’t do…
Mommy-O Prayer: You Know Me! I’m Not Alone
O Lord, you have searched me and known me! You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar. You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways. Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O Lord, you know it altogether. You hem me in, behind…
Mommy-O Prayer: Special edition from a month after my cardiac arrest
This week’s Mommy-O prayer is from about a month after my cardiac arrest. I was still resting a lot and even the littlest things would wear me out, but I wanted to be with my family so much. Dear Lord, please help us to rejoice in these down times. Give me energy to do laundry….
Mommy-O Prayer
Dear Lord, thank you for being a loving, kind, serving master. Your grace is amazing beyond words. Please help me to get through this day, filled to abundance with your peace and trusting completely in you for my strength. Dear Lord, I pray you keep each child in your loving hands today. Help them rest…
Walk in Love and a Saturday Morning Hike
“And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.” Eph. 5:2 ESV This past Saturday our family went on a long long walk. Well, long for us. We traipsed through a forest trail that was two miles in and two miles out. Four…
Mommy-O Prayer
Dear Father, I praise you for being the Lord of creation–above all the heavens and earth. Thank you that you are all wise and full of knowledge and power. I stand in awe of you. And even though you are Lord of all things…you know me, love me, delight in me. I love you, my…
Mommy-O Prayer
Lord, I need grace and forgiveness. I need compassion so much. Help me to look for these first from you and not others. I can rest in you, in your love and grace. Help me to give love, grace, patience, and forgiveness to my family. I can’t put aside my selfish sins without your help,…
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