I’m Tired Tonight, and I Don’t Need to Solve Everything.

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 HappyKay Lifegazing | Ending the Day with God

I’m Tired Tonight, and I Don’t Need to Solve Everything

I am very tired today.

Not only the kind of tired that makes me want to go to bed early, but the kind that makes me realize—

I don’t want to figure everything out tonight.

There are things I haven’t finished.

Things I haven’t figured out.

Things I wish had gone differently.

And things I could probably think about for another hour and still not solve.

So tonight, I am choosing something different.

I am going to leave some things unfinished.

The Serenity Prayer comes to mind:

God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
courage to change the things I can,
and wisdom to know the difference.

— commonly attributed to theologian Reinhold Niebuhr

Maybe this is exactly the kind of prayer I need tonight.

Some Things Are Mine to Do

There are things I can change.

I can apologize.

I can try again.

I can speak more gently.

I can make a different decision.

I can take one small step tomorrow.

For those things, Lord, give me courage.

But there are other things I simply cannot control.

Another person’s heart.

What someone thinks of me.

Yesterday.

An outcome I cannot guarantee.

A door that has already closed.

For those things, Lord, give me peace.

And when I cannot tell the difference—

give me wisdom.

Maybe Peace Looks Like This Tonight

Maybe peace doesn’t mean everything has been resolved.

Maybe it simply means I no longer need to carry everything.

I can put today’s worries down.

I can stop replaying conversations.

I can stop trying to predict tomorrow.

I can leave a few questions unanswered.

Not because they don’t matter.

But because they don’t have to be answered tonight.

Tomorrow will have its own work.

Its own decisions.

Its own grace.

Tonight, I can rest.

Before I Sleep

Lord,

thank You for carrying me through another day.

I am tired tonight.

So I come to You without trying to make everything neat and understandable.

For the things I cannot change,
help me release them.

For the things I should change,
give me courage to face them tomorrow.

And when I confuse responsibility with control,
give me wisdom to know the difference.

Quiet the conversations I keep replaying in my mind.

Loosen my grip on the things I cannot fix tonight.

What I could not finish today,
I leave with You.

What I do not yet understand,
I entrust to You.

What someone else chooses to think or do,
I place outside my hands.

And whatever tomorrow brings,
I will meet tomorrow.

For tonight, Lord,

let my heart be still.

Let my home rest.

Let the people I love rest.

And let me sleep peacefully, knowing that while I rest, You remain awake.

Thank You for today.

And tomorrow, if You give me another morning,

I will begin again with You.

Amen.


One Little Thought Before Sleep

I do not have to solve everything tonight.

What I can change,
I can face with courage.

What I cannot change,
I can place in God’s hands.

And when I don’t know the difference,
I can ask Him for wisdom.

That is enough for tonight.

Good night.

May your heart become quiet,
your thoughts become lighter,
and your sleep be peaceful.

— HappyKay


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