Prayer of the Day

Father, my mind will not sit still. It keeps walking the same worried circle — the what-ifs, the maybes, the conversations I have already had three times in my head.

You said You would keep in perfect peace the one whose mind is stayed on You. So I am turning my mind toward You now, the way a plant turns toward the light.

Take the worries I can do something about and show me the one next step. Take the worries I can do nothing about and hold them Yourself, out of my reach.

When the circling starts again — and it will — be patient with me, Lord. Meet me in the middle of the loop and walk me quietly out of it.

Tonight, let me put my head down like a child who knows someone strong is in the house.

In Jesus' name, Amen.

Thank You, Father, for this day now ending.

For food on the table and a place to sleep. For work done and rest coming. For the people who love me, and the mercy that met me every hour, seen and unseen.

I didn't earn a minute of it. Receive my thanks — it's all I have to give back tonight, and You've never asked for more.

In Jesus' name, Amen.