However complicated or simple the relationship, our parents shaped us. This prayer is for them — thanksgiving, blessing, and a plea for grace as roles slowly change.
The prayer
Father, thank you for my parents — for life itself, for years of care I have only lately begun to understand the cost of.
Bless them now in whatever season they are in. Strengthen their bodies, brighten their days, and reward the sacrifices they made that I never saw.
Where there are old wounds between us, bring healing; where there is distance, bring warmth; where there is gratitude, help me say it while I still can.
As the years turn and roles reverse, give me patience and honour toward them. Let me love them well, all the way home. Amen.
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
Honour thy father and thy mother — a command with a promise attached, and never too late to obey.
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