This blessing is intended to enable you to make contact with your Heavenly Father who said that if our fathers or mothers forsake us, He would take us up and be a father and mother to us, and heal our broken hearts.
Remember how St. Paul wrote to Timothy: “my true child in the faith” (1 Timothy 1:2). As ambassadors of God, we are called to fulfill the law of Christ by blessing, encouraging, instructing, and loving others (1 Peter 4:8; Galatians 6:1-2; 2 Timothy 2:23-26).
I will speak some words into your life
As a spiritual mother in the body of Christ, I will speak some words into your life. If you’ll use these words and allow them to penetrate deep inside, you will give God permission to touch your heart, and He will begin to heal the wounds in it.
Hear these words as if they were words from God spoken into your life, because if your Mother had been able to say these words, she would have said them to you. They would have been words filled with faith and love that would have cared for you, nurtured you, and protected you as you grew up.
“As your sister and spiritual mother, I stand today in the place of your mother. What your mother could not, or would not, say because of issues in her life, I will say, and you will take these words into your heart.
“I take responsibility for you as a sister and spiritual mother, to stand in for your pain. Hear these words within you as I speak them now:
“You are my daughter. I love you. I was glad when you were born. You were not an accident; you were my deepest desire. You are so beautiful to me. You are my wonderful child. I am proud of you. I have loved you. I am so proud to be your mother. You are a good daughter. Now, open your heart to hear these words.”
I ask you to forgive me…
For not telling you how much I loved you and showing it.
For not hugging you and holding you so you would know how much you were loved.
For my silence. I am so sorry for my silence; it confused you and injured you and for using silence to punish you.
For not allowing you to talk to me when you needed to, for ignoring you.
For abusing you, emotionally, psychologically, or physically.
For not keeping you safe.
For not protecting you.
For not letting you know how proud I was of you.
For not seeing you.
For criticizing you and for always telling you the things you did wrong.
For not telling you that you are gifted and talented.
I invite you to respond by saying:
“Mother, I forgive you.”
Open yourself to his blessing
“Heavenly Father, I now open myself to receive your blessing in every way you want to impart it to me. Thank you Jesus that you live within me. I choose to forgive my Mother and to let of my anger and judgments against her. Holy Spirit, I open my heart and mind to you. Reveal to me the blessings that Jesus has obtained for me and how I may receive them. Amen”
Give thanks to God
Now fill your heart with God’s truths and thanksgiving. Begin to praise Him and thank Him for His power, goodness, love, etc. It is helpful to read in the Psalms and pray them aloud. Here are two examples:
1. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget none of His benefits; Who pardons all your iniquities; who heals all your diseases; who redeems your life from the pit…you satisfies your years with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle (Psalms 103:2-5).
2. I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul shall make its boast in the Lord; the humble shall hear it and rejoice. O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt His name together (Psalms 34:1-3).