Pray this if you're child is hurting and you feel helpless.

Father,

This is one of the hardest prayers I've ever had to pray.

Because I can't fix this. And I am their parent. Fixing things is what I do. But this one is outside my hands and I don't know how to sit in that without falling apart.

They are hurting. And I would take every ounce of it if I could.

But You knew this was coming. You allowed it. And I have to trust even when it makes no sense that You are working in what I can only see as pain.

Give me the wisdom to know when to speak and when to sit with them in silence. When to point them to You and when to just hold them. When to intercede and when to let them find their own way to Your feet.

Don't let this break them. Let it build something in them that couldn't be built any other way.

And while You're working in them do something in me too. Because watching my child hurt is revealing things in me that I still need You to heal.

I trust You with them. Even tonight.

In Jesus' name. Amen.

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Pray this if you're child is hurting and you feel helpless.