Prayers for Hard Seasons

About this book

Some seasons of life are too heavy for the words we can find on our own. Prayers for Hard Seasons is a companion for those stretches, when the loss is still fresh, the waiting will not end, the fear comes without warning, or the strength has simply run out. Inside are one hundred honest prayers, gathered into ten seasons: Loss, Waiting, Fear, Exhaustion, Loneliness, Wounds, Shame, Need, Loved Ones, and Starting Over. Each prayer opens with a verse from the King James Bible and speaks plainly to God about what is actually true, without pretending the hurt is smaller than it is. These are not finished prayers to perform. They are starting places. You can read one as it is written, change a line until it sounds like your own voice, or close the book halfway through and still have prayed. The book asks only that you bring what you have. Written for anyone walking through a hard season, whether you have prayed for years or are reaching for prayer again after a long silence, this is a book to keep close and return to. You are not walking the road alone.