A Prayer for an Ordinary Day

Father, nothing much is happening today. No crisis, no celebration — just an ordinary day, like a hundred others. I'm learning that these are most of my life.

So meet me here, in the middle of the plain stuff: the dishes and the emails, the errands and the small talk, the same commute, the same faces, the same chair.

Keep me from despising ordinary days, and from sleepwalking through them. You were here yesterday and I barely noticed. Open my eyes today.

Make me faithful in small things — the unglamorous work, the tiny kindnesses, the promises nobody would notice if I broke. If most of life is ordinary, then let me love You mostly here.

And if today turns out to hold more than I expect, good or hard, You'll be in that too.

In Jesus' name, Amen.

When to Pray This

Pray this on the days that don't make the highlight reel — the Tuesdays. If your faith only shows up for emergencies and holidays, this prayer is a quiet way to invite God into everything in between.

A Verse to Hold On To

"And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men." — Colossians 3:23 (KJV)