A Prayer for Strength in a Job I Dislike

Father, the alarm goes off and my whole body resists it, because I am dreading another day in work that drains me, that feels small and gray and far from anything I once dreamed of. I clock in and watch the hours crawl.

I confess I have let bitterness leak into everything, complaining under my breath, doing just enough, treating these days as wasted time I am only enduring until something better rescues me.

So I ask You to meet me right here, in the job I did not want, because I cannot leave it yet and pretending otherwise only deepens the gloom. Give me strength to show up with more than resentment.

Your word tells me to work at whatever I do with my whole heart, as working for You and not merely for people, knowing it is You I am truly serving. Let that lift the meaning of even this.

Help me find the small dignity in honest labor and the people I might bless along the way. Carry me through the shift, and keep my hope alive for the door You have not opened yet. Amen.