Prayer for a Tired Mom

Note: This is Tiana’s first post as a contributor At the Well. Welcome to the team!

Dear Heavenly Father,

The day is dawning, and I feel defeated before I have even begun.

Once again, there is more work for me to do today than day to do it in. I feel scatterbrained, out of focus, and unsure of my priorities. And I’m tired. So tired.

I want to glorify you, LORD, in my life, in my home, in this family, with my children…but I confess that, most days, I don’t know how to do that. I work so hard, but always come up short. Sin gets the best of me again and again and again. Come and save me from this wretched body of death (Rom. 7:24). I need You desperately.

Teach me what Your priorities are, and help me to choose the good portion (Luke 10:42). Help me to value what You value, and despise what You despise. Help me to seek first Your Kingdom, and to trust You for the things that I truly need (Matt. 6:33).

Oh, LORD, may I never take for granted this opportunity you have given me to love my husband, love my children, to be self-controlled and pure, to be a worker at home, to be kind, to be submissive to my dear husband, that Your Word may not be dishonored (Titus 2:4-5). For this life of blessing You have graciously given to me, make me deeply thankful.

May I take seriously the commands that you have given me in Your Word, and may I walk in humble obedience. May I never forget the humility of your Son, Jesus Christ, who was obedient unto death–even death on a cross (Phil. 2:8)–that I might be freed forever from the punishment that I deserve for my sin. Thank you for giving me the privilege to teach these truths to my children. May I do so diligently, with every breath that I breathe, and every step that I take (Deut. 6:4-9). And may I love You…truly love You, with all my heart, soul, mind and strength.

Now Father, as my children are waking and needing me, I pray that You would be with me. Fill me with your Spirit, and give me a worshipful heart. May my entire day be a sacrifice of praise to You.

May I not grow weary of doing good, for in due time, I will reap, if I do not give up (Gal. 6:9). And in all things, may Your good, pleasing, and perfect will (Rom. 12:2) be done, on earth--in this home–as it is in heaven (Matt. 6:10).

For it is in Jesus’ Name I pray,

AMEN

“God be in my head and in my understanding,

God be in my eyes and in my looking,

God be in my mouth and in my speaking,

God be in my heart and in my thinking,

God be at my end and at my departing.”

Henry Walford Davies (1869-1941)

About The Author

Tiana Krenz has written 17 articles on this blog.

Tiana is blessed to be wife to Christopher and mother to four young children. She has a bachelor’s degree in Youth Ministry from Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, IL, which she now “uses” as she brings up her children in the nurture and admonition of the LORD, through home education and discipleship. With God’s help, she is learning more about what it means to be a godly wife, mother, and homemaker each day. Visit her at God Made, Home Grown.

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