When I Feel Forgotten
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Heavenly Father,
I come before You
with a heart that is tired
from feeling unimportant.
You know the pain
behind the words
I cannot always say.
You know how many times
I have wondered
whether I cross someone's mind
when they wake up
in the morning.
You know how it feels
to wonder whether
I am truly considered family,
or whether I have slowly
become an obligation.
Lord,
I am tired of feeling
like I am at the bottom
of someone's To-Do List.
I am burned out
from waiting,
from hoping,
from understanding,
from making excuses
for the silence,
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and from trying not to ask
for something
that should come naturally.
I can't beg anymore.
So Father,
I place this relationship
into Your hands.
If I have become
an inconvenience,
give me the strength
not to hold on
out of fear.
If the calls have become
an obligation,
help me release
the expectation.
If I am holding on
because I am afraid
of being forgotten,
remind me
that You have never
forgotten me.
And Lord,
as painful as it is,
I want to set them free.
Not because I do not care.
Not because the relationship
does not matter.
But because I cannot
force someone's heart
to make room for me.
Take away the pressure
I have placed upon myself
to remain important
in someone else's life.
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