Dear Jesus,

You are it.

You’re the One I wake for.

Help me today to see You throughout the day. To hear Your voice. To understand Your nuance. To experience You as I serve You.

Speak through me. Listen through me. Minister through and to me. Help me to rest in Your forgiveness, to freely admit it when I’ve sinned against You or a friend or a family member. Help me be a woman who walks in truth, but isn’t so in love with truth that I forget to be tender. Help me be kind and compassionate to everyone I see today. Undergird me with Your strength when I get weary. Help me to engage with people when tasks overwhelm.

Work through me. Write through me. Laugh through me.

Amen.