Here’s a beautiful prayer for Mother’s Day or Father’s Day from Pamela Kennedy’s Songs from a Mother’s Heart.
Prayer
(inspired by Psalm 44)
What a heritage we have, O God.
Generations before us have experienced Your love,
and passed that knowledge to us.
Great-great-grandfathers and grandmothers
lived and prayed and sang their hymns to You.
Now I enjoy that rich legacy and acknowledge
the deep responsibility to pass it on once more.
Help me share Your truth with my children.
May they clearly see You
and feel Your presence in their hearts.
Let me use words and actions that lift You up
as the one who conquers all by Your holy name.
Enable me to teach my children
that only You bring lasting victory.
The world offers so many false heroes
who promise quick success or easy remedies.
May my children cherish the priceless gift of triumph
that’s theirs through Your dear Son’s death
and treasure all the more the faith You have given them.
When they fear defeat,
when others taunt their faith
or threaten to destroy them,
then, O God, remind them how You fought
for Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
and how You still redeem Your sons and daughters.
Rise up and help them in their time of need.
Let them know the force of Your unfailing love.
— written by Pamela J. Kennedy, based on Psalm 44. From Songs from a Mother’s Heart: Meditations on the Psalms, Concordia Publishing House, 1997.
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