Prayer for new mothers

Father, Peter wrote to grow in grace and to know You better. I read that today and felt behind. I have not grown anything except dark circles. The plants on the windowsill are dying because I am holding a baby.

Show me that growing in You is not the same as getting more done. A tree does not try hard to grow. It just stays where it is planted and lets the seasons do their slow work.

I am being planted. I do not see roots. I do not see fruit. I see laundry.

Help me trust that quiet faithfulness in this season is its own kind of growth. Teach me to receive grace the way a baby receives milk, with my mouth open and my eyes closed.

Amen.