A prayer in a moment of fear

Master of the World, I am afraid. My heart is beating fast, my breath is short, and my thoughts run to the worst possible scenario and return to it again and again. I cannot calm myself by my own strength, and so I turn to You.

You know what I am afraid of. I do not need to explain it to You, and I do not need to pretend that I am strong. Before You I am allowed to say that I am small and that this thing is bigger than I am.

Let me breathe. Let me remember that I am not alone in this moment, that You are here with me even inside the fear. Help me tell apart what is really happening from what the fear is painting for me, and not let my imagination decide for me.

And if this fear has been with me for a long time, and not only in one moment, let me also ask for help from people who know how to help, and not carry it alone.

I am not asking You to remove every danger from the world. I am asking You to watch over me and those I love, and to give me a steady heart to do what is needed even when I am afraid. If there is a step I must take, give me the courage to take it. And if there is nothing to do right now, let me sit quietly and rely on You.

And in the end, when the fear calms, let me remember this moment: that I turned to You out of the panic and found support in You. Let me keep this memory for next time, so that I know one can pass through fear and not only run from it.