A Prayer for Healing from Anxiety and Depression

Father, some mornings the heaviness is in my chest before I even open my eyes, and the day ahead feels like a weight I cannot lift. My mind races and my body sinks at the same time, and I am exhausted by both.

I confess I have started to believe the lie that this is simply who I am now, that the gray will never lift. I have hidden how bad it gets, smiling so no one will worry.

But You see behind the smile. You know the racing thoughts at 3am and the flat numbness at noon, and You do not turn away from either.

Quiet the alarms firing in my body. Lift the fog enough for me to take the next small step, to eat, to call someone, to keep my appointment. Send people who stay. Steady the chemistry I cannot control by willpower.

You promised to be near to the brokenhearted and to save those crushed in spirit. Be that near to me now, closer than the anxiety, deeper than the sadness.

I will not pretend I feel healed today. But I trust that You are working even in the dark, and that morning comes. Hold me until it does. Amen.