Prayer

A Prayer for Comfort

Sometimes you don't need advice or a plan — you just need someone to hold you.

God, I'm not asking for solutions right now. I just need to feel Your arms around me. Comfort my weary soul. Hold the pieces of my heart that keep falling apart. Be the parent I need, the friend I'm missing, the presence that makes everything bearable. Just be here.

God doesn't always explain — sometimes He just holds you. And that's enough. Amen.

When to pray this

There is a kind of pain that does not want advice or a silver lining. It wants company. This prayer does not try to explain your circumstances or hurry you through them; it asks God to sit close while it hurts.

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