An Evening Prayer

O God, our Father, we thank you for this day which is passing from us now.

For any glimpse of beauty we have seen.
For any echo of your truth that we have heard;
For any kindness that we have received;
For any good that we have been enabled to do;
And for any temptation which you gave us grace to overcome:
We thank You, O God.

We ask Your forgiveness for anything which has spoiled and marred this day.
For any word which now we wish that we had never spoken;
For any deed which now we wish that we had never done;
For everything which makes us ashamed when we remember it;
Forgive us, O God.

Eternal God, who gives us the day for work and the night for rest, grant unto us, as we go to rest, a good night's sleep; and wake us refreshed on the morrow, better able to serve You and to serve our fellow-human beings. This we ask, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

from William Barclay: The Plain Man’s Book of Prayers