Dear God, my heart is burdened this morning for single moms. They are all around us, seeming able to bear the weight of the world on their shoulders, but they carry it more lightly than I think I would in their circumstances. I see them balancing work and home, money and no money, friends who no longer make time to see them. I simply must send up a prayer for them today.
Many of their old friends have moved on with their lives, and if the truth were told, she doesn't have much in common with them anymore. She is lonely, but deeply loving God. She would like company but can’t make time for new friendships and relationships because her waking hours are already full… she is a mom.
She walks when gas is too expensive for the car and goes without new clothes so her child can have shoes or enjoy some pleasure in life to distract from their own loneliness. It is not how she planned for her life to be, and maybe isn’t the way her life started out, but circumstances changed to this life she embraces so fully. Her life is difficult, and she seems so tired much of the time, but you can’t help but be inspired by the love she has for her children.
Lord, I pray you would give these special women the strength to put in the long hours they face each day. Give to them the courage to face those who dismiss them with blaming and knowing nods. Surround them with loving people who will give them joy when they are discouraged; a quiet support when they need someone to just listen; and give to them the ability to maintain a loving life at home; with the deepest knowledge in her heart that You love her. In the name of Jesus our Lord and Savior, Amen.
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