Lord, my mother carries anxiety, and there is a strange ache in becoming the one who reassures the woman who spent my childhood reassuring me. Your word says You are continually with us, that You have held our right hand — so hold my mother's hand now, the way she once held mine in the dark. I cannot reason her out of her fears, and I have stopped trying to; instead I am placing her, and them, into hands far steadier than mine. Soften my impatience when the same worry circles back for the tenth time. Let me give her the gentle, unhurried attention she always gave me, and the dignity of being truly heard rather than handled. Where she needs more steadying than a grown child can give, open the way to it gently, and free her from ever imagining she is a burden to anyone. You have held my mother's hand her whole life, Lord; do not let go of it now. Amen.
A prayer for you
Prayer for My Mother With Anxiety
When your mother struggles with anxiety, the worry can flow both ways; here are words to hand hers — and yours — over.
“Nevertheless, I am continually with you. You have held my right hand.”
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