Dear Lord, I come before you with a heart that is heavy and full. To be honest, I am reluctant to approach you. I’m not sure that I have the strength of faith to even pray. Part of me wonders if you even care to hear me.

But I know this is what I need to do. I know the only cure for this despair and sadness I feel is to be in your presence. David said that in your presence there is great joy. I am clinging to that promise with a white knuckled grip. David also felt many of the same feelings I now have. Just as he cried out to you from the pit, so I too pour out all these thoughts and feelings at your feet.

Forgive me for not coming to you sooner. Forgive me for all my doubts and my weak faith. I know I have failed to love you with all my heart. I know I have forgotten your grace and how much you love me.

Clear my mind, Lord. It is so fuzzy and everything seems distorted. I know life isn’t this bad but it just feels so awful. I know you love me but I feel so loveless. Help me to believe the truth no matter how I feel.

Use this season of brokenness to show me more of your love and grace. Help me not to run from whatever You want to do in my heart. I want to say along with David, “I will be glad and rejoice in your love, for you saw my affliction and knew the anguish of my soul” (Psalm 31:7).

Help me to see beyond my circumstances, to disbelieve the lies in my mind and to distrust my fleeting emotions. Help me to feel your presence even in the darkest night. May I trust that Your light will shine with the morning sun and cast all the darkness away.

My heart hungers for you. Feed me. Refresh me. Satisfy my soul. Lead me out of this valley and into the heights of Your love.

I lay this at your feet only because of what Jesus did for me. And in His name I pray, Amen.

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