Prayer for dads

Father, my oldest is asleep, my youngest is asleep, my wife is asleep, and I am awake with a low hum of worry that does not have a name. You said You will be their God. Not might be. Will be. So I lay each one down again, in Your hands instead of mine. My daughter who needs more than I know how to give. My son who will face things I cannot predict. My wife who carries weight I do not always see. Be their God in the rooms I cannot enter. Be their God in the conversations I will not be there for. I will keep doing my part. But I refuse to play God in the dark with people who already belong to You. Amen.