A prayer for trust, when the matter is no longer in my hands

Master of the World, there is one matter in my life that is no longer in my hands. I did what I could: I applied, I asked, I spoke, and now the answer depends on others. And I discover how hard it is for me to sit and wait without control.

I want to trust You. Not as a nice word that I say, but as something that relaxes my shoulders. To know that You see the whole picture, including the parts I do not see, and that You do not forget me even when it seems to me that everything is stuck.

Keep me from two mistakes. From the mistake of thinking that everything depends on me, and so I may not rest for a moment. And from the opposite mistake, of thinking that if I trust You I may do nothing. Let me do my part honestly, and then let go.

In the hours of waiting, when I check the phone and the inbox again and again, let me let go. Put the phone back in my pocket and return to living my day, because the answer will come in its time even without my standing guard over it.

And if the answer is not the one I hoped for, let me trust You then too. Let me not lose my trust the moment things do not go as I planned, but look for what You are showing me through them.

And in the evening, when I lay my head on the pillow, let me sleep peacefully, as one who knows that Someone is watching over them. Let this trust be not only a thought, but rest.