Prayers for divorce and separation
Co-parenting after a split
For the ache and the rebuilding when a marriage breaks.
Also for co-parenting · custody schedule · ex-husband · ex-wife · shared custody
A prayer
Original writing, not a quotation of Scripture.
Lord, our marriage is over but our parenting isn't. Every handover and every text about school pickups can reopen old wounds. Help me put my children's good ahead of my need to be right.
Keep me from speaking badly about their other parent in front of them. Give us enough peace between us that the kids feel safe in both homes. And heal what our children carry from this, even the parts they can't put into words.
In Jesus' name, Amen.
Bible verses for divorce and separation
If it is possible, as much as it is up to you, be at peace with all men.
I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called, with all lowliness and humility, with patience, bearing with one another in love, being eager to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance; bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if any man has a complaint against any; even as Christ forgave you, so you also do.
So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger; for the anger of man doesn’t produce the righteousness of God.
A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
You fathers, don’t provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.