Before Sleep

Prayer Before Sleep

Lord, as this day draws to its close,
I lay before you everything it held —
the joys and the sorrows,
the victories and the failures,
the moments I am proud of,
and the moments I wish I could take back.

I release it all into your hands.

Watch over those I love tonight.
Watch over the lonely and the frightened.
Watch over the world in its restlessness.

As I close my eyes,
may I rest in the knowledge that
you are awake,
you are present,
you are enough.

Amen.