Prayer of the Day

Lord, You know who I am praying about. You saw what they did. You know it was real. I am not here to pretend it didn't hurt.

But I have been carrying this too long, and it is heavier than they will ever know. The resentment I keep feeding does not touch them. It only lives in me, and it is a bad tenant.

So today, as an act of will and not of feeling, I choose to forgive. I hand this person and what they did over to You — the Judge who sees everything and gets everything right. Justice is Yours now, not mine. I resign the job.

I may have to pray this again tomorrow. The hurt may knock again next week. Each time it does, help me open the door and hand it back to You.

And someday, Lord — I am not there yet — make me able to wish them well. Do in me what only You can do.

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.