A Prayer for Caregivers

Lord, I am tired in a way that sleep does not fix. You see what no one else sees: the night hours, the small indignities, the patience I run out of and hate myself for. Have mercy on me. I am not a machine and I never was. Renew my strength like the eagle's. Give me help I am willing to accept. Let me love the person in my care without disappearing entirely. And carry the part of this that is too heavy for me. Amen.