No matter who we are, no matter how much we love the person we are
taking care of, we can’t help an occasional moment of resentment. It might be long-term care, or it might be a
special favor we need to do, it might just be parental, sibling, or neighborly
duties. This prayer helps me keep things
in focus, and has helped me turn around many an irritated moment.
I'm
marching through my self-published Busy Person's Prayer Book, front to back.
This prayer is from the category, Helping Others. Earlier, I posted 4 prayers
from the Work category (about jobs, layoffs, etc.).
I'm a
little off-schedule in these posts, but I think I am getting back on track.
Rather than try to "catch up," I'll just start again with thie
week's post and keep on keeping on. I hope this week's prayer helps some of you
when you are too frazzled to think of words to use when praying for help when
taking care of someone in your life.
Caregiver’s
Prayer
Father,
someone needs my care
I need your
help to do it right
Replace
resentment with compassion
Replace my
heavy heart with one that’s light.
Please do
not pass it around without giving credit to the author (me) and where it was
published - a line like this will do: by Evelyn Mayfield, in the Busy Person's Prayer Book.
In the
following weeks, we'll post more prayers in this category, including these:
Patience
with the Young and Old
Handcrafter’s
Prayer
Concern
About a Pet
When I’ve
Promised to Pray for Someone
For the
Terminally Ill
At the top
of this page, simply click on Free Prayers what we've posted so far, or scroll
down the right sidebar and click on that tag.
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