Night Prayer

I found this prayer on a blog I go to for clergy. It is a good reminder for all of us to let things go at the end of the day. We are promised a new start, a fresh start each morning. We are made new each day by God through our baptism. We do not have to be perfect, we just have to belong to God and trust in God's grace and love.

I hope you will pray this tonight and let God's peace surround you and renew you as you sleep.

Night Prayer (source The New Zealand Prayer Book)

Lord,
it is night.

The night is for stillness.
Let us be still in the presence of God.

It is night after a long day.
What has been done has been done;
what has not been done has not been done;
let it be.

The night is dark;
Let our fears of the darkness of the world and our own lives rest in you.

The night is quiet.
Let the quietness of your peace enfold us,
all dear to us,
and all who have no peace.

The night heralds the dawn.
Let us look expectantly to a new day,
new joys,
new possibilities.

In your name we pray.
Amen.