If we were to sit down for coffee today, I would not ask you about your to-do list. I would ask you about your heart.

Because right now, you might feel like you are carrying the weight of your marriage, your children’s future, and your homelife entirely on your own shoulders. You are looking for a lifeline. You are looking for rest.

We often look at the Proverbs 31 woman as a standard of perfection. We see the Proverbs 31 woman as a woman who never sleeps and has a perfect career. But if we look closer, we do not see a woman pursuing “success.” We see a woman preparing for the everyday battle in life.

Proverbs 31:17 says: “She girds herself with strength, and strengthens her arms.”

The Proverbs 31 woman was not “strong” by accident. She intentionally put on her spiritual armor. This was her prayer.

She is the mentor we need right now. Not because she is perfect, but because she knows where her strength comes from. She knows that she cannot change her husband, her bank account, or her children’s choices, but she knows the One who can.

If you are feeling anxious, tired, or overwhelmed today, stop trying to fix everything in your own strength. Go to God, the One who can.

Here are four specific prayers to strengthen you as a wife, mother, and leader in your community.