Lord, the day is done.

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Lord, the day is done. The noise has faded, the work is finished, and the sky has grown dark. I come to You as the one who "determines the number of the stars and calls them each by name" (Psalm 147:4). You are the God of the night just as You are the God of the day. I come to You, ready to let go of this day. I release my regrets and failures. The words I wish I hadn't said, the things I did or failed to do—I lay them at Your feet. Your Word in 1 John 1:9 is my hope: "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." I receive that cleansing now. I will not carry this guilt into my rest, for You have separated it from me "as far as the east is from the west" (Psalm 103:12). I release my burdens and weariness. I am tired, Lord. My body, my mind, and my spirit are weary. But You are the God who gives "strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak" (Isaiah 40:29). Your own Son said, "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest" (Matthew 11:28). I come to You now. I stop striving. I exchange my exhaustion for Your peace. I will not just sleep; I will rest in You, for Your Word…