A Prayer for Ending the Work Week

 

I wasn’t perfect:
I didn’t do everything right,
I didn’t make everyone happy,
I didn’t do everything I needed to.

 

Loose ends dangle,
untied;
Problems fester,
unfixed;
Worries abound,
untamed.

 

But you never asked us to be perfect—
only to love you
with our entire hearts
and our entire souls.

 

And you never asked us to do this all ourselves—
only to do our best,
with our entire commitment
and our entire strength.

 

Please, יהוה, open my eyes!
Help me remember there is a world outside the computer,
that together we made a covenant:
We will worship only you.

 

Please, יהוה, give me strength!
Help me fill my worry and uncertainty
with faith that you are with us forever
in unfathomable compassion and love.

 

You entrust to us
the sacred work of finding holiness,
raising divine sparks,
repairing the world. 

 

So this Shabbat,
I renew my focus on our sacred work,
safe in the knowledge that
you are our strength and provider forever. 

 

Blessed are you, יהוה our God, King of the Universe,
who provides us sustenance with love,
who protects us from harm with strength,
and tasks us with rebuilding Jerusalem.