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FEATURE: BUILDING STRONG FAMILIES Midnight Mom Devotional By Becky Thompson and Susan K Pitts Tonight we pray for the momma who has not found her tribe. Lord, she is doing this season of motherhood alone. She needs a group of women she can trust to share this journey every day, but for some reason she has not found it yet. Tonight we ask for fresh ideas on how to make new friends. Help her trust in You as You open new doors of friendship for her. Lord, we pray for wisdom. We ask that You would show her what authentic community looks like. Help her reach out and not be afraid. We ask in Jesus’s name. Amen. Excerpted from Midnight Mom Devotional by Becky Thompson and Susan K. Pitts. Copyright © 2020 by Rebecca F. Thompson and Susan K. Pitts. Published by WaterBrook, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House LLC on March 31, 2020. Becky Thompson is the author of the books My Real Story, Truth Unchanging, Hope Unfolding, and Love Unending and speaks frequently to the issues of balancing life as a wife, mother, and daughter of God. She is the founder of the Midnight Mom Devotional Facebook page and is also known to millions as the author of BeckyThompson.com. Susan Pitts lives in Oklahoma City with her husband, Marc. She spends much of her time as the Midnight Mom Devotional prayer director, praying for the thousands of requests that come in from around the world. 21