Father, I am tired before the day starts. My alarm feels like a demand. My list already weighs on me.
I don't need You to fix the traffic or quiet the feed. I just need to know You are here in the gray before dawn.
Hold me like You held the first morning. Not to erase the dark, but to name it with me. Let the light come as You say it should.
Steady my hands. Loosen my grip on control. Remind me that evening and morning are Yours.
I am not strong enough to make today holy. But You are. And that is enough to begin.
In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.