A Prayer After Being Passed Over for a Promotion

Father, the announcement went out this morning and it was not my name. I smiled and said congratulations through a tightness in my throat, then sat at my desk replaying every reason I thought I had earned it.

I confess the sting of it has curdled into something uglier, a quiet conviction that I was wronged, that I deserved better, that the people who decided this simply do not see my worth. The disappointment has made me want to give less.

So I bring this bruise to You honestly, because pretending I am fine would only let it fester. You see the hours I gave and the hopes I had, and You see the parts of my reaction I am not proud of.

Your word tells me to humble myself under Your mighty hand, and that in the right time You will lift me up, that no good thing done in faith is ever wasted. Let me believe that when it is hard to believe.

Heal the wound before it hardens my heart. Keep me generous toward the one who got the role, and faithful in my work while I wait on Your timing instead of theirs. Amen.