Prayer for dads

Father, You promised a day when no one cries anymore. No more bad news. No more funerals for our kids. I cannot make that day come, but I know it is coming.

Hold me to that promise without letting me ignore the pain right now. This week is heavy. There is a hard diagnosis. A marriage fell apart. A kid I love is struggling. I do not need to hide any of that. The tears are allowed for now.

What You change is what I see ahead. I can let grief be grief because it is not the end of the story. I can be with people who are crying without trying to fix it all. I can sit down, listen, hand them a tissue, and trust You with the day You will make all things right.

Lord Jesus, You will wipe every tear from our eyes. Until that day, let me be the kind of dad whose presence makes the waiting less lonely.

Amen.