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Podcast Episode 17: 31 Days of Prayer for Estranged Family & Friends

Published on September 20, 2026September 22, 2026 by Susie @ Pollywog's Place BlogLeave a comment

Pip: Pollywog’s Place Blog is the kind of corner of the internet that hands you something genuinely useful and asks nothing dramatic in return.

Mara: Susie at Pollywog’s Place Blog has put together a thirty-one-day prayer devotional for anyone carrying the weight of an estranged relationship — and that’s the territory we’re covering today.

Pip: Let’s start with the devotional itself and what it’s actually asking of the person who picks it up.

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31 Days of Prayer for Estranged Family & Friends

Published on August 10, 2026September 3, 2026 by Susie @ Pollywog's Place Blog1 Comment

There are some things we can fix with our own hands.

We can mend a broken fence, replenish tired soil, prune an overgrown plant, and tend a struggling garden back to health.

But we cannot force another person’s heart to change.

Estrangement from a child, parent, sibling, other family member, or dear friend carries a unique kind of grief. We may long for another conversation, another chance to listen, an opportunity to apologize, or simply an open door where there has been silence.

Sometimes, after we have done all we know to do, the only thing left is to place that person into God’s hands.

That is why I created 31 Days of Prayer for Estranged Family & Friends: A Journey of Surrender, Healing, Forgiveness & Restoration.