Lord,

Today I come before you with a heavy heart. A heart that longs for my family, a heart that longs for open space, mountains, and spring streams, muddy and swift. Lord, my mind tells me that we are in a good place, but my heart longs to be somewhere else.

Today I come before you with a broken heart. A heart that has a hole in it, left by a loved one that chooses to be distant.

Today I come before you with an anxious heart. A heart that beats erratically when the thoughts of upcoming change invade.

Today I come before you with a bleeding heart. A heart that is called to take in the children that have no place to call home. The children that have no one to call out to when awakened in the dark by bad dreams. The children that need to know they are loved.

Today, I come before you exhausted, overwhelmed, and burdened.

Today, right now, I come before you Lord, and cast all my cares at your feet. I give them to you, because you can handle them. I give them to you because You are God Almighty! Help me Lord, to not reel them back in, to try to fix on my own. May this heart of mine, and all that ails it be forever in your hands. Amen

Cast all your cares upon Him, for he cares for you. 1 Peter 5:7