A Prayer For Adoption

A Prayer for Adoption

O God, thank You for weaving stories

Of love and of loss

Into a tapestry

Big enough to wrap ourselves in.

For this child we pray,

That we would honor the complexities

Of what it means to be adopted.

We pray that we will hold space

For joy and for grief,

For tears and for laughter.

Guide our steps as we enter into this covenant

Of family,

Of stories held together

By threads of love,

By three-stranded cords.

Make us strong in the stories

Of birth family,

Adoptive family,

And adoptee.

May this child know that they are beloved

And that they can always take refuge

Under this broad quilt of all they are

And all who cherish and love them.

In our parenting,

Give us openness to tell the truth with care.

Give us humility for what we can never understand.

Give us grace in our connections and bonds.

May we instill confidence,

And may we protect and cherish

The fabric of our child’s past.

May we guide them as they create

The beauty of their future.

In You, kinship is broader than we can imagine.

In You, family includes bloodlines

And goes beyond it too.

In our shortcomings,

Help us humble ourselves to listen

And learn.

O Lord, we see the glory of this child

In all they are

And in all You are.

We pray that we will honor

The privilege of doing life together

As parents and children

Under the blanket

Of Your love.

Romans 15:13; Ecclesiastes 4:12