A Prayer for Today

Lord God Almighty,
You are the one who sees me in both my sorrow and my joy.
You know the quiet ache and the unspoken hurt
that tries to dim the light within me.
Where sorrow has weighed me down, lift me.
Where disappointment has dulled my vision, restore me.
Let your light break forth in my life like morning after a long night.
Lord, shine on every place where I feel tired, uncertain or discouraged.
Let your joy return to me – steady, gentle and renewing.
Because your glory has come,
I choose to rise.
I choose to shine – not by my own power,
but by your Spirit working in me.
Thank you for turning my mourning into dancing,
my tears into testimony,
and my sorrow into a radiant joy.
Let my life be a light that cannot be hidden. Amen.

Come, Holy Spirit, fullness of grace. Come, Holy Spirit, teacher of the humble. Come Holy Spirit, judge of the arrogant. Come Holy Spirit, hope of the poor. Come, Holy Spirit, renewer of creation. Amen.