Prayer for new mothers

Father, Your Son was a baby once. He had a tired mother. He knows what this house sounds like at night. He has heard a mother's quiet prayer over a sleeping child.

Lord Jesus, I am sitting here in the dark, holding this small life. I do not always know what I am doing. But You have been the child in someone's arms. You know the weight of it.

Help me feel less alone in this chair. Other mothers have prayed here before me. You were once the one being held. Hold us both now.

Amen.