Day 5: May 17th - Single Mom Households
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Almighty God, creator of all humanity, we come to you as your loved children fully cognizant of our context and identity as women who lead households.
Dear God, we express our gratitude to you because you listen, look at, and care for us just as you do with others in our society. You know, from where you sit, that women-led households are considered incomplete families. Our children are mocked and laughed at when we fail to provide for the essentials of life. Thank you, God, for seeing our tears, hearing our cries in the night, and knowing our daily sufferings due to the burdens that we carry in providing for our families. You are aware of our isolation and inadequate integration into society. We know deep in our hearts that you hold us in your palm and continue to hear our joys and pains. You answer our prayers that are before you. We all are equal, irrespective of our social standing. We pray that our societies that perceive us as failures will transform and see us as valuable assets. Strengthen our faith when we experience stigmatization and exclusion. We look forward to the day when we shall experience the overflow of love as we sit at the table with your other children. May misery not continue to be our portion! |
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Our prayer is that you grant joy, courage, and wisdom to raise and nurture our children across boundaries that divide and promote environments of justice, mutual learning and respect of all human beings. God, see and hear the cries of women-led households as they eke out livings.
Open doors for us to find meaningful sources of livelihoods. Deliver us from the ills of poverty, marginalization, isolation, squalor, fear and anxiety of the unknown. Empower the households and their leadership. May we experience divine health, protection and provision in the midst of human-made and natural disasters as well as other vagaries of life. Let our households embrace historical moments of hope and grace over and against the demons of depression, stress, despair and hopelessness—recognizing that we, of course, as women have feelings and therefore are prone to have a sense of fear. Help us, God, not to let go of the lifeline and string of hope that sustains us and gives us energy to face tomorrow.
God, may we in our weakness, humble states, and meager economic activities find favor with you. Let your kindness, peace and justice not depart from us. Endow us with the wisdom and courage to raise and nurture our boys and girls with respect, dignity, and the value of a common humanity. On our journey of life, provide us solace and companions for solidarity as you continue to hold our hands up in order that we can become vessels of honor to you and agents of change in our families, churches, and the wider society.
In Jesus Name, Amen
Open doors for us to find meaningful sources of livelihoods. Deliver us from the ills of poverty, marginalization, isolation, squalor, fear and anxiety of the unknown. Empower the households and their leadership. May we experience divine health, protection and provision in the midst of human-made and natural disasters as well as other vagaries of life. Let our households embrace historical moments of hope and grace over and against the demons of depression, stress, despair and hopelessness—recognizing that we, of course, as women have feelings and therefore are prone to have a sense of fear. Help us, God, not to let go of the lifeline and string of hope that sustains us and gives us energy to face tomorrow.
God, may we in our weakness, humble states, and meager economic activities find favor with you. Let your kindness, peace and justice not depart from us. Endow us with the wisdom and courage to raise and nurture our boys and girls with respect, dignity, and the value of a common humanity. On our journey of life, provide us solace and companions for solidarity as you continue to hold our hands up in order that we can become vessels of honor to you and agents of change in our families, churches, and the wider society.
In Jesus Name, Amen