Lord, parenting is one of the greatest gifts you've given me, but I confess that some
days just feel overwhelming.
I want to love my children well, but I struggle with impatience, frustration, and exhaustion.
Please help me to be slow to anger and quick to show grace.
When I feel stretched thin, remind me that I don't have to parent alone.
You are always with me.
Give me wisdom to guide my children well, gentleness to correct them with love, and
strength to be consistent.
Let me model the kind of patience I hope they will learn from me.
When I fail, help me to extend grace to myself as well.
In those moments when tears fill my eyes and I question if I'm doing enough, whisper your
reassurance that you chose me specifically for these children.
When my heart swells with love so fierce it almost hurts, help me to remember that
this is just a glimpse of how deeply you love them too.
Thank you for entrusting these lives to me.
Teach me to enjoy the season I'm in and to see every moment, both hard and joyful, as a gift.
In Jesus' name, amen.