Family (4)
Why, Lord? Why are the ones I love gone while I'm still here? I know that they would want me to live on, but still, Lord, it feels so wrong. Help me to keep living and to find joy again, and to do some good in honor of my loved one who is gone. Please help me to follow you one day at a time. -Jan
Help me shut out the sounds of my parents' fighting. They're breaking up my home-I feel like my whole life is falling in around me and I can't stand it! Please help me not to take sides and to forgive them for this enormous hurt. Let me love them both and see the good in both of them. I know that you're always with me and you love me. I know Mary is near to comfort me, and I know your angels surround me to protect me. The problem is that I can't see you, and the people I can see are tearing my life apart. Help me, God, help me. Amen. -Jo
Dear God, please forgive me for yelling at my siblings. Help me to let them know I care. Help me to become a better role model. Help me to value time with my family. Amen. -Emily
God, please help me to get along with my family. It seems like I'm always messing up. I know that when they criticize me they are trying to motivate me to do better, but it still hurts. Help me to look for the good in them and to learn to think before I get angry and say awful things. When I fail, help me to say I am sorry. Please help me in difficult situations and show me how to offer others respect and love. Amen. -Justin