A prayer for a child who has left the faith
Words you can pray
God, I bring you my child, whom I love and do not fully understand. Faith matters deeply to me, and the distance between us can hurt. Help me bring that hurt to you without making my child responsible for easing it.
Teach me to listen to their experience, including the parts that are hard for me to hear. If my words or actions have caused pain, give me the honesty to acknowledge it and the humility to ask forgiveness. Help me respect their freedom and their boundaries.
Keep my love from becoming an argument or a test they have to pass. Give us ordinary ways to be close: sharing food, asking about the day, enjoying each other's company. I ask that my child may know your love, and that I may show love without pressure. Help me leave a door open, with patience rather than demands. I entrust my hopes and the person my child is to you. Amen.
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Scripture
"So he got up and went to his father. But while he was still in the distance, his father saw him and was filled with compassion. He ran to his son, embraced him, and kissed him." Luke 15:20 (BSB)
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