A Prayer for Peace When I Cannot Stop Worrying

Father, the worry will not switch off. I have tried to set it down a dozen times today and it keeps climbing back into my mind, sketching out every worst case in vivid detail. My shoulders are tight and my thoughts are tired from the constant churning.

I confess I have let worry convince me it is useful, as if rehearsing every disaster could somehow keep it from happening. All my anxious turning has changed nothing except to steal my peace.

So I bring these worries to You, every single one, the named and the nameless. You see them clearly. You are not overwhelmed by the list that overwhelms me.

Your Word says to cast all my anxiety on You because You care for me. So I do, not pretending I am calm, but throwing the whole weight of it onto the One strong enough to carry it.

I release the habit of carrying what was never mine to hold. I trust Your care.

Each time the worry crawls back, let me hand it to You again, and again, until handing it over becomes more natural than holding on. Amen.