The Day I Returned Again

Personal Prayer: The Day I Returned Again

June 7, 2025

God,

I come to You today not as the man who got it all right—

but as the man who didn’t walk away.

I come not with clean hands,

but with open ones.

You know where I’ve failed.

You’ve seen the moments I stayed silent when I should have spoken,

pushed forward when I should have been still,

held on too tightly when You were asking me to release.

I confess it.

I carry it.

But I do not hide it.

Because I believe You are not asking for perfection—

You are asking for presence.

And so today, I show up.

Not with all the answers,

but with all the willingness I have left.

Take my uneven steps,

my tender longing,

my fractured love—

and make it something holy again.

Thank You for never turning away.

Thank You for waiting through the silence.

Thank You for writing a story in me, even when I lost the page.

Let me serve with humility.

Let me love without demand.

Let me carry what I carry with grace.

And if there is still more for me to do,

then let me do it with a clearer heart,

a gentler presence,

and a deeper trust in You.

In Jesus name – Amen.