A Prayer For Your Mother’s Day

Mother’s Day is such a confusing day for Hope Mommies. It is supposed to be a day of celebration, but it can bring on such strong emotions of emptiness and longing. While everyone around us is receiving flowers, getting hand drawn cards, or having arms wrap around their necks with love, we are left hungering to share those moments with our littles who are in Glory. You are a mother after all; Our heavenly Father deemed you a mother the moment your beloved child was conceived.

It is okay to grieve. God grieves with us. In the book of James, we are instructed to “Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds,” That “joy” that we are told to display isn’t a jump-up-and-down-with-streamers type of joy. It’s a calm trust and peaceful understanding that He is good.

So, is it possible to experience grief and the joy that that Bible speaks of at the same time? Absolutely. My prayer for your Mother’s Day is that you will allow God to meet you where you are at. God will provide you with what you need on this day.

YOU ARE NOT ALONE

Empty arms can make you feel so alone. But sweet momma, you are not. So many other mommas share your hurt. We stand with you. We know. We understand. You are being prayed for even now. More importantly, God has not left you. He is there, holding you in your brokenness. God promises us His presence in our darkest circumstances.

“The Lord is close to the brokenhearted
and saves those who are crushed in spirit.”
-Psalm 34:18

“When you pass through the waters, I will be with you;
and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you.”
-Isaiah 43:10

“Even though I walk
through the darkest valley,
I will fear no evil,
for you are with me.”
-Psalm 23:4

These Scriptures are threaded throughout Kari Jobe’s song, “I Am Not Alone.” May the words of this song soak into your heart. We are not forgotten. God sees us. God is with us. Rest in this truth today: You are not alone.

THERE IS HOPE

Hope.

The beauty of this profound four letter word is that it is anchored in what has already been accomplished. Hope began when our perfect Savior laid down His life on a shameful cross.

“Therefore, since we have been made right in God’s sight by faith, we have peace with God because of what Jesus Christ our Lord has done for us. Because of our faith, Christ has brought us into this place of undeserved privilege where we now stand, and we confidently and joyfully look forward to sharing God’s glory.”
Romans 5:1-2

This is our hope.

Hope is the blood of Christ poured out for you.
Hope is being able to stand before a holy God because you have been clothed in righteousness.
Hope is confidently and joyfully looking forward to sharing in God’s glory.
Hope is the finished work of our Savior.

As devastating as it feels to be separated from your dearly loved child(ren) on this earth, find hope in the truth that your baby was given victory over death and received life everlasting and fullness of joy in the presence of our great God! They are enjoying the pleasure and goodness of God’s eternal presence, and through faith in Christ we will see them again.

Dear One, this Mother’s Day turn to the God of all hope. Be filled, renewed, built-up, and restored in Him. Then, when your heart has been fully satisfied through the abundant comfort that He so freely gives, you will be even better equipped to comfort others with the comfort you’ve been given (2 Corinthians 1:3-5).

This is our prayer for you this Mother’s Day.