A Prayer for Broken Families: Psalm 102-Supplication through the Scriptures
A Prayer for Broken Families Psalm 102 Hear my prayer, O LORD; let my cry come to you! Psalm 102:1 Divorce. Estrangement. Abandonment. Early childhood trauma. Broken boundaries. Miscommunication. Rebellion. Psychosis. Abuse. Feeling unloved. Bitterness. The effects of the fall on the family have been numerous. Even the very first family God created was marked dramatically by sin. Adam shifted blame on his wife Eve for disobeying God. Cain envied his brother Abel, which led to murder. Cain was estranged from his family as God sent him out as a wanderer. Sin has deeply affected family relationships. Where love, encouragement, joy, peace, and closeness should be, there can be hatred, criticism, fear, strife, and coldness. Where there should be nourishment and an environment for flourishing, there is instead rivalry and selfishness. The context of Psalm 102 is “A Prayer of the Afflicted, when he is faint and pours out his complaint before the LORD” (NASB). Family contention is a...