Lord, I am burned out. The tank is past empty, and I am running on fumes and willpower, dreading things I used to manage easily. Your word does not scold the exhausted prophet under the tree; it sends an angel to feed him and let him sleep, with the gentle words, the journey is too great for you. So let that gentleness be for me too. Give me permission to rest without guilt — to eat, sleep, and stop, and to admit the pace I have kept is not sustainable. Show me what I can set down, share, or let go of entirely. Refill what has drained out of me — not so I can pour it all out again, but so I can live at a human pace. Guard me from the lie that my worth is measured by what I produce. And lead me to whatever I need to recover — rest, support, or a change I have been afraid to make. The journey has been too great, Lord. Feed me, and let me rest. Amen.
A prayer for you
Prayer for Burnout
Burnout is the body and soul saying 'too much, for too long'; here are words for when you're running on empty.
“The LORD's angel came again the second time, and touched him, and said, "Arise and eat, because the journey is too great for you."”
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