God,
I come to you tonight with my heart wide open.
I'm tired in a way I can't always explain.
I've carried more than I showed.
I've smiled through moments that hurt,
And I've held myself together when I wanted to fall apart.
You saw every bit of it.
You always do.
Tonight,
I need you close.
Closer than my thoughts.
Closer than my fears.
Closer than the pressure I keep trying to push through.
I lay the whole day before you.
Every moment that pulled at me.
Every conversation that sat heavy on my chest.
Every feeling I tried to ignore so I could keep moving.
I place it all in your hands because mine are tired.
God,
Breathe peace over the places inside me that feel worn and stretched thin.
Touch the parts of me that feel bruised by worry or disappointment.
Hold the version of me that tried so hard today and still wondered if it was enough.
Lift the weight I'm not meant to carry.
Lift the guilt I did not deserve.
Lift the doubts that tried to steal my confidence.
I need your comfort tonight,
God.
Not the kind that brushes over me.
The kind that sinks in deep.
The kind that steadies my breath.
The kind that reminds me I am safe,
Loved,
And never walking alone.
Place your hand on my heart and calm the storm inside of me.
Quiet the thoughts that run too fast.
Soothe the ache that comes from giving so much of myself.
And God,
Place my crown back on my head.
The one I forget I'm even wearing.
The one life tries to knock sideways.
The one you gave me long before anyone ever doubted me.
Set it straight.
Set it steady.
Set it in a way that reminds me I am still yours.
Pour your love over me like warm light.
Let it touch every tired place.
Let it fill the cracks I pretend aren't there.
Let it reach the part of me that goes quiet when I'm overwhelmed.
Wrap me in your presence as I fall asleep.
Let your peace settle over my spirit like a blanket I didn't have to earn.
Let your protection surround this room.
Let your comfort breathe through the dark and cover every corner of me.
God,
Give me rest that heals.
Rest that restores.
Rest that reminds me I am more than the weight I carried today.
And when morning comes,
Help me rise with strength again.
Help me rise with clarity and a heart that remembers who I am.
Help me rise knowing that you go before me and nothing has the power to take the crown you placed on me.
Thank you for loving me in every state I arrive in.
Thank you for meeting me here tonight with tenderness.
Thank you for calling me worthy even when I forget.
I surrender the day.
I surrender the heaviness.
I surrender my fears.
And I receive your peace.
Amen.
