Prayer for the one leaving a domestic violence relationship

Oh Lord,

There’s the one right now, the one among the millions, but the one You care for and love, who’s right now in mortal danger, and... finally considering leaving.

Be with that one, Lord.

Guide them, counsel them by Your Holy Spirit, with wisdom, the right knowledge for their situation, for help they can access, for AGENCY in their equipping, for empowerment in their action, for Your protection as they open that door and walk out.

Give this one every good step of dutiful preparation before they leave, that their children would be safe, that all vulnerable ones, including pets, would have the assurance of safety.

Give this one Your sweet spiritual refuge AND a place, Lord.  A place to rest their weary mind, their shattered heart, a place to reconcile what’s been done, WITH support from another one who can help them face and recover from those traumas.

Give this one Your hope, Lord, that the journey to recovery would now commence—that it IS worth it, for they will certainly receive the healing they so seek.

Give this one a sense of hope for justice, too, Lord.  That there might be the reckoning that their situation demands.  But unhinge this hope from the hope they themselves can advance upon—that cherished hope for normality to return to their life.

Give this one the confidence of faith against fear for what dread they might receive, and protect this one from that fear that lingers for what the future might hold.

Lord, there are so many things to pray for, but there is the one last thing in this prayer.  Lead those of us who can give, who can provide, who can lead, who are safe, to help this one.  Use us in Your mighty name of Peace.

AMEN.