Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

— 1 Peter 5:7 (KJV)

At night, a problem from work can keep running through my mind even though there’s nothing more I can do about it until morning. It’s easy to spend another hour rehearsing conversations that haven’t happened.

This verse gives me words for that kind of night. I can tell God what I’m worried about in plain language. If I’m afraid I missed something important, I can say so. I can also write down what I’ll check in the morning and leave the note where I’ll see it.

The problem may still be there when I wake up. What changes in the moment is that I’ve named the worry, prayed about it, and given tomorrow’s work a place to start. The words “he careth for you” are the part I want to carry into the quiet.