A Prayer When Your Adult Child No Longer Wants A Relationship With You | Your Daily Prayer
Tammy Darling
Crosswalk.com Contributing Writer
Some grief comes with a funeral.
Other grief arrives through silence.
No phone call.
No birthday message.
No chair filled at Thanksgiving.
No familiar voice on Christmas morning.
Estrangement from an adult child can create a kind of grief that is difficult to explain because the person you miss is still alive.
You remember the laughter.
The birthday cakes.
The family trips.
The everyday moments you once assumed would continue indefinitely.
Then your thoughts may turn inward.
You replay conversations.
Remember moments when you lost your temper.
Think about words you wish you could take back.
Wonder whether you failed in ways you did not understand at the time.
That kind of reflection can be painful, but it can also become holy when we invite God into it.
Family estrangement is rarely simple.
There may be misunderstandings.
There may be unresolved wounds.
There may be legitimate reasons an adult child needs distance.
There may also be distorted memories, conflicting perspectives, or communication that has broken down over time.
We cannot always know everything happening in another person’s heart.
But we can ask God to search ours.
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