A Psalm for Parents of Prodigals

While I was preparing to write an article for CBN.com about addiction, I came upon this poem from my book, Letters to God on a Prodigal Son: Overcoming Addiction through Prayer. If you have a prodigal, I hope this ministers to you. Everything I prayed for my son in this Psalm, the Lord answered.

A Psalm for Parents of Prodigals

Oh God, You are my God

And I will worship You.

Though darkness and confusion

engulfs me,

You will light my path.

Though heartache and disappointments

              Surround me,

You will lift up my soul.

You will meet me in my times of sorrow,

And comfort me.

You will lead me and guide me

when I don’t know which way

          to turn.

Though no one else may know the way,

You will reveal it to me.

Though our enemy desires my son’s life,

You have spared him.

May he dedicate his life to You,

And follow Your footsteps.

May You illuminate my son’s path

            back to You, that he may walk                                     

Righteously in Your ways.

May You open my prodigal son’s eyes

for the task he is to do

                 with his life.

Lord, look down upon us and lift us up.

Thank You for preserving our life.

May You give us wisdom,

And guide us in all we say and do.

I place my son and my husband

      in Your hands.

Soften their hearts towards You,

And keep them moldable.

Let all of us be clay in Your hands. Amen.