Prayer for teens

Father, the day is starting and I do not want it to.

Psalm 22:1 says, "My God, my God, why have You forsaken me?" Jesus prayed that out loud on the cross. So the Bible already holds room for someone who feels alone in the morning. That is me right now. I am praying badly, on my floor, before school.

I do not feel You here. I am asking You to be here anyway. Make this morning Yours, even when my heart feels nothing.

Help me get up. Help me eat something. Help me show up to first period. Help me answer my mom in a real voice. None of it has to be impressive. All of it counts as obedience while my feelings sort themselves out.

Receive this day from a kid who does not feel ready for it.

Amen.