A prayer for hard days by Christina Fox, draw near to God and heal, draw near to you.

James 4.8

We all have hard days, challenging days.

Days that stretch us, sometimes beyond what we can bear.

Sometimes these days appear as a series of little irritating events that build up to

one terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.

Other days we wake up to find one huge, unexpected event that lands like a bomb in our life.

Sometimes those hard days find us busy and distracted as we try to fix everything that has

gone wrong.

Before we get so caught up in our thoughts and feelings about our circumstances that

it consumes us, or perhaps we attempt to hide away from our struggles of the day in hopes

that if we don't think about it, maybe it will all just go away.

Instead of such responses, hard days are opportunities for us to draw near to God.

They are opportunities for us to rely on Him, depend on Him, and receive more of His grace.

Such days remind us how desperate we are and how much we need our Savior.

Father in heaven, help me.

I am so weary and worn down by this day.

So many things are happening all at once, and I don't know what to do.

I am overwhelmed.

It feels like I am standing in a fierce wind that is whipping and swirling around me.

I can't move, the force is so strong.

It may just knock me down flat, and worst of all, what if I can't get back up again?

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