Dear God:

I pray today that You will lift my restlessness, my irritability, my discontent. For reasons of which I am unaware, these things have disturbed my soul for the last twenty-four hours. They poke at my serenity and cause my tongue to speak words of harshness. They dig into the scars on my heart and color my face with an uninviting veneer. They shout messages of unworthiness, unhappiness, resentment. They flood my eyes with tears that will not fall.

Help me, God, to trust that You will relieve me of these torments. Help me to know that through You I will receive all the strength, comfort, and wisdom I need to repel them from my heart, to chase them from my soul. Help me to believe that my tongue will return to Your message as Your Love casts out all this unworthiness, unhappiness, resentment.

Even in my despair and weakness, I sing praises to You, my God. Everything inside of me – even that which listens to these demons – trusts Your path and Your will to always provide, to always protect, to always guide. All of me knows Your power, Your grace, Your mercy. All of me trusts Your plan. For it is through You – only You – that serenity has ever existed. It is through You – only You – that truth has lived to flourish. It is through You – only You – that I have truly felt and given unconditional Love.

I pray today, Dear God, that all I know to be true about You will grace my presence and save me from myself. Please forgive me and guide me back to You.

Thank You, God…
me