Prayer of the Day

Lord, thank You for a morning that is not in a hurry.

The alarm did not go off. Nothing is owed yet. Before I fill this day up, let me sit in it a moment and be glad.

Thank You for rest, and for the people still asleep down the hall. Bless the small ordinary hours ahead — the coffee, the errands, the jobs I have been putting off, the faces around my table.

Keep me from spending the whole day catching up and missing the day itself.

In Jesus' name, Amen.

Father, the house is quieting down, and I bring You my family before I sleep.

Thank You for every person under this roof tonight, and for the ones we love sleeping under other roofs — across town, across the world. One family, kept in one set of hands: Yours.

Forgive us for the ways we were impatient with each other today. We are hardest, somehow, on the people we love most. Let no sharp word from today follow any of us into tomorrow.

Watch over each one as they sleep. Give the tired ones deep rest. Give the worried ones peace. Give the little ones good dreams.

Thank You that home isn't the walls — it's the people, and it's You in the middle of us. Keep us close to each other, and closer to You.

Goodnight, Father. We're all in Your keeping now.

In Jesus' name, Amen.