Prayer is a special state of a person, but it is not at all easy to learn it. It would seem that there is nothing complicated in this. After all, there are many prayer books now, open any one and read anything. But it turns out it's not a prayer.
Prayer is a conversation with God. Not all contemporaries even understand Who God is. Many perceive Him as a kind of Social Security or a rapid response center in critical situations. From this, any prayer, whether it is a mother's prayer for a child, or for the he alth of loved ones, about work, exams or getting an apartment, turns into some kind of eternal begging.
A person does not just pray, he demands, insists on his own, I am sure that it will be better exactly the way he wishes! This is especially characteristic where a mother's prayer for her children is heard. Somehow, a woman feels she has an inalienable right to know what is best for her son or daughter.
In fact, a person does not always imagine what is best even for him, not to mention his child.
The well-known story of how the mother of a criminal begged him from God when he was onlythree years old. The mother's persistent prayer for her son was heard, the child recovered, but did not bring joy to the mother at all: he was hanged for a state crime at a young age, and she herself bitterly repented that many years ago she had insisted on her own. Therefore, even if the mother prays for the good, it is better to rely on the will of God.
A mother's prayer really has special power before God. But not because mothers are given special benefits for some reason. No, it's just that a mother loves quite altruistically more often than others. She lives for the sake of the child, raises him so that he becomes an adult, and does not require anything in return. Such is the ideal of a mother's love.
Therefore, a mother's prayer for a son or daughter often has special power in the sight of God.
But any prayer to God must be permeated with humility. Yes, of course, every person has desires, and he humbly expresses these desires to God. There is nothing wrong. Just like there is nothing wrong with a child asking a parent for a toy. No one will blame the kid for this. But if he starts screaming and demanding, crying, then this is already unacceptable and punishable.
The strength of a mother's prayer is precisely in humility: “I want and pray. But let it be as You wish, Lord.” Understanding that the true good for us is the fulfillment of the will of God, humility of ourselves and prayer for our needs - this is a truly Orthodox attitude.
A mother's prayer, of course, supports and strengthens children. When mom asks for them notwe alth and he alth, but obvious spiritual benefits, it always benefits her child. The psyche of people, values change a lot with time. Until recently, the baby was treated as a gift from God. Having several children of about the same age, it was easier for her to accept the fact that one of them would not survive. Now the child is an idol, the idol of the whole family, so it is simply impossible for a mother to come to terms with the fact that his interests may suffer in some way.
Entrusting the fate of your own child to the Lord and step aside is a very wise decision for most situations, but not everyone is capable of it.
