A Prayer for Families

A Prayer For Families

In this liminal time between the known world and a rapidly changing universe -

May your marriages be saved,
May love return to your home and remind you why this union is worth fighting for.
May you find passion in your shared spaces.

May you always have enough food on your table. No matter how humble, no matter how bland,
May the mouths in all homes find something to fill them.

May your walls swell, may they stretch to accommodate the hours, the games, the laughter, the homework, the house work, the anxiety.
May they become big with memories although small in boundaries.

May there be moments of respite where those within your walls can be alone, can retreat, can be still, can know.

May your children always remember this as a time of love, of resilience,  of gentle routine, of growth, of family.
May their memories be painted in the joy associated with kindred.
May they thrive, may they learn through boredom, may they separate from screen and concentrate on the real.

May we model for them the qualities of courage and patience and fortitude.
May compassion follow them always.

And when the sheer heaviness starts to overwhelm us may we be reminded of the eternal grace shown to us, our children are exempt from this.
May our suffering not be theirs.

And may we all remember that our God goes before us and  His voice is loud and clear - for the first time in the history of humanity we are all in this together. The boundaries have been broken.

We are His family,  we are made in His image, we were made for hope.


May God bless and keep the world,
Emily