A Prayer for Strength in Hard Times

Father, this season has been heavier than I knew I could carry. Some mornings I wake already tired, and the list of what is wrong is longer than the list of what is well. I am here because I have run out of my own strength.

I confess I have been pretending I am fine, smiling through gritted teeth while everything inside me is asking how much longer this will last. I am weary of bracing for the next blow.

So I bring You the real version of me, the one with shaking hands and a tired heart. I am not asking You to explain it all. I am asking You to hold me up while it is hard.

You promised that when I am weak, Your strength is made perfect, and that Your grace is enough for me. So be my strength today, the kind that comes from outside myself.

I lay this hard season down at Your feet, and I trust You to carry what I cannot. Give me strength for the step in front of me, and the faith to take it.

When I look back, let me see that You held me through every hard day, and never once let go. Amen.