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Devotional: I Pray for This Child {1 Samuel 1:27}

‘I prayed for this child, and the Lord has granted me what I asked of him.’ {1 Samuel 1:27}

God has a funny way of working sometimes. I had this verse and the below content written for an Instagram post; only to wake up at 5am to my baby crying with red, hot, swollen, painful feet {apparently his bodies reaction to a virus}.

It was ‘one of those mornings’ where this verse, 1 Samuel 1:27, really hit home. Sending love to any of my fellow mamas in the midst of ‘one of those days’ where you need extra prayers, grace, and coffee.

Praying over Brody B is the only way I’ve maintained sanity as a mother {and that’s a questionable statement as I’d defiantly say I’ve lost my sanity at least a couple of times in the past 15 months}.

A couple weeks ago I found myself in a cold, sterile hospital lab praying over my baby boy as warm tears streamed down my face into his soft blondish, red hair. Repeated low hemoglobin labs called for a full panel screening {Praise Jesus, it’s just low iron}!

Seeing your child in pain has to be one of the deepest pits a mother feels in her stomach. I mean science proves that mothers have a physical response to hearing their child cry. Pair that physical response with the mental load and endless ‘what if?’ scenarios and you have a recipe for crazy.

You see I’ve always thought of this verse, 1 Samuel 1:27, was a mother’s prayer to God for a child. But now I see that this verse has a lot more legs…it’s a lifelong prayer that withstands the time of motherhood. 

Knowing that I cannot control Brody’s every move, bump, bruise, health, relationship with God, and this list goes on…leads me to prayer.

I cannot control these variables but I can pray, hard, about them. Resting assured that our faithful God hears every prayer. 

Devotional Prayer

Dear God,
Make firm Brody’s steps;
may he stumble, but not fall;
endure hardships, but not too hard;
and always find his hope + strength in you! 

{I pray this prayer over Brody daily, inspiration drawn from Psalm 37:23-24 + his Life Verse we selected for him at his Baby Dedication Isaiah 40:31}

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