O God of love, I praise You for this time of prayer. I thank You. O Lord, You have done umpteen good things in my life answering my prayers. I thank You for that. When my marriage got delayed, You heard my prayers and conducted the marriage in a wonderful way. I praise You for the good husband/ wife You have given me. You have graciously given me this child and I thank You for that. I am so happy that this child, the fruit of the womb, is a gift of the Lord. At a time when others who got married earlier to me were waiting for children, You gave me this child. O Lord, forgive me for the pride I had. My heart overflowed with joy because of the child. But as days passed, we were terrified when the child did not start speaking. Our hearts were broken when we found that there was a problem in the sight also. I began to brood over it. The word ‘curse’ used by some really bruised our hearts. Whenever I see the child with these defects, I come under the gloom of questioning, ‘why?’ All the joy of the child left us. O Lord, who loves the child, have mercy on me. As I think of its bleak future, I am overcome with some fear that I do not understand. I do not want to see the child at all. I don’t want to take it out. O Jesus Christ, have mercy on me. I am eager to know when these defects would be set right. The suggestion that we should go for the next child shocks us and we are afraid that the next child might also be defective. O Jesus Christ, is there no solution for this problem? When others share about the activities of their children joyfully, I am saddened. Help my child to be cured, and the defects to vanish. You are the only One to do miracles. I believe in Your mighty power and praise and thank You. In the name of Jesus Christ, hear my prayer. Amen.