Anonymous
Beloved of All
A Prayer for Protection, Strength and a Safe New Beginning Dear God, I come before You tonight feeling exhausted, overwhelmed and afraid, but I know that I am not alone. Please place Your loving protection around me and my 10-year-old son. Keep us safe from harm, intimidation, manipulation, threats, lies and anything that is damaging to our peace and wellbeing. Protect our minds, our hearts and our future. Lord, You know everything that has happened. You know the truth behind the words that have been spoken, the lies that have been told, the manipulation we have experienced and the things that have happened behind closed doors. I don't need to explain everything to You because You already know. Please give me the wisdom to know exactly what to do next. I am struggling to think clearly. I am exhausted and I don't have the support of my family nearby. Please send the right people into our path—people who are trustworthy, compassionate and knowledgeable. People who will not take advantage of our vulnerability, but will genuinely help us find a safe way forward. Open the right doors for us, Lord, and close the wrong ones. If we need accommodation, lead us to somewhere safe. If we need financial assistance, show me where it can come from. If we need legal guidance, put the right person in our path. If we need employment or clients, open the right opportunities. If we need someone to simply stand beside us while we find our feet, send that person. Please give me the courage to leave what is unhealthy, even when I am frightened about what comes next. Give me strength when I feel weak. Give me clarity when my thoughts are confused. Give me courage when fear tells me I cannot do this. Give me patience when everything feels urgent. And give me wisdom to make decisions that protect my son and me. Please help me leave safely, peacefully and as quickly as the circumstances allow. I don't want my son growing up believing that threats, deceit, manipulation, emotional abuse or pathological lying are normal parts of a relationship. Let him learn something different from me. Let him see that you can walk away from something unhealthy. That asking for help is not weakness. That protecting yourself is not selfish. That starting again is not failure. And that you can rebuild your life, even when you feel you have nothing left. Please help me be the mother he needs right now. Give me the strength to put his safety and wellbeing first, while also remembering that my wellbeing matters too. Lord, restore my sleep, my peace, my confidence and my ability to think clearly. Help me take care of my body and mind while I navigate this difficult period. Give me wisdom about anything I am taking to help me sleep, and help me seek the right professional guidance rather than trying to carry everything alone. Remind me that I am capable. I have survived difficult things before. I have worked hard. I have helped other people. I have built myself up before. And with Your help, I can build again. Please protect our belongings, our finances, our privacy and our personal information. Give me discernment about whom to trust and when to speak. When I am tempted to doubt myself, remind me of what I already know. When I feel guilty, remind me that choosing safety is not betrayal. When I feel afraid of the future, remind me that I don't have to know the entire journey—only the next safe step. Please guide my feet toward that next step. Put the right opportunities, organisations, professionals, friends and kind strangers in our path. Make a way where I cannot yet see one. I place my son, myself and our future in Your hands. May our next home be filled with peace rather than fear. May our next chapter be built on honesty rather than lies. May my son grow up surrounded by love, stability, respect and good examples. And may I find the financial independence, strength and confidence to create a secure life for us. I am not asking for revenge. I am asking for freedom, protection, clarity and a new beginning. Please walk ahead of us and prepare the way. Give me courage to take the first step. And when I cannot see the way forward, hold my hand until I can. Amen.
