Evening Prayer🙏
“Father, I can barely lift my eyes to you. It's all I can do to cry out for help. Please extend your grace to me this day. Help me to see that you are in this and that you are with me. Help me to remember that you are not surprised or taken off guard by the events of this day. Forgive me for my fears about this day.”🙏
https://topspin-groenegau.de the line about God not being surprised by the events of the day is the one I keep coming back to, since it reframes fear as something we bring rather than something that catches him off guard. I've had evenings where the only honest prayer was basically that first sentence, and it helped to be reminded that barely lifting your eyes still counts as turning toward him. Makes me think the prayer is less about fixing the day and more about not carrying it alone.