30 Prayers for Nightmares (To Reclaim Your Rest and Fill the Night With God’s Peace)
There is a specific exhaustion that belongs to people who are afraid of going to sleep.
Not the ordinary tiredness that a good night fixes. The opposite kind where the night itself has become something to dread. Where closing your eyes means entering a space that has been unsafe too many times.
Where you lie in the dark listening to your own heartbeat and trying to stay awake long enough to forget what last night felt like. Where you wake up at 2am or 3am or 4am with the fear still fully present in your body, chest tight, thoughts racing, the images of the dream fading but the feeling of it refusing to leave.
Nightmares are not a small thing. They are not just unpleasant sleep. They are the night turning against you, the place that should be your deepest rest becoming a place where you cannot fully rest at all. And if they are recurring — if the same images or the same terror keeps coming back night after night — they carry a weight that accumulates across the days in ways that are hard to explain to people who sleep soundly.
These 30 prayers for nightmares are for every version of this experience — for adults who dread the dark, for children who cannot name what is scaring them, for the person waking at 3am reaching for something steady, for the parent standing in their child’s doorway at midnight, for the one who has been fighting this for so long they have started to wonder if peaceful sleep is even possible anymore. Bring the fear, the exhaustion, the specific images, and the specific dread.
God is as present at 3am as He is at noon. He neither slumbers nor sleeps. And He is waiting for you to bring this to Him.
What the Bible Says About Sleep and the Night
Psalm 4:8 is the bedrock promise for the night — “In peace I will lie down and sleep, for you alone, Lord, make me dwell in safety.” Not in my own strength. Not because the circumstances are right or the day has gone well. In His peace. Because He alone makes me dwell in safety. The peace that guards sleep is not manufactured — it is given. And it is available to every person who brings the night to the God who owns it.
Psalm 91:5 speaks directly to the fear that belongs to darkness — “You will not fear the terror of night, nor the arrow that flies by day.” The terror of the night is named in Scripture — not dismissed, not minimised, but named. And then addressed with a promise: you will not fear it. Not because nothing frightening happens in the night but because the One who watches over you does not sleep and is not afraid.
And Proverbs 3:24 gives the promise that every person who dreads sleep needs to hold — “When you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.” Sweet sleep. Not just tolerable sleep or sleep you survive. Sweet sleep — the kind that restores, that holds you through the night, that lets you wake up with something rather than depleted. That is the promise of God over the night of His children. Claim it. It belongs to you.
30 Prayers for Nightmares
These 30 prayers for nightmares are grouped around the specific experiences the night holds — prayers before sleep to establish God’s peace and protection, prayers for when you wake in the night from a nightmare, prayers against recurring nightmares, prayers for children and the parents who love them, prayers for nightmares rooted in anxiety and trauma, prayers to fill the night with God’s presence, spiritual warfare prayers, and short prayers to pray in the moment when the fear is most immediate.
Find the one that speaks to where you are right now. Pray it with faith. The night belongs to God and He is more than able to restore what fear has taken from it.
Prayers to Pray Before Sleep
These prayers are for the moments before sleep when you can still choose what you carry into the night and what you leave at the door of the morning.
1. A Prayer to Begin the Night in God’s Peace
Heavenly Father,
Before I close my eyes I commit this night to You. My mind, my spirit, my sleep, and my dreams — I place them all in Your hands. You are the One who neither slumbers nor sleeps. You watch through every hour I am unguarded by my own awareness. Guard what I cannot guard for myself. Fill this night with Your peace. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Psalm 4:8 — “In peace I will lie down and sleep, for you alone, Lord, make me dwell in safety.”
2. A Prayer for Protection Over My Mind and Dreams
Lord Jesus,
I ask You to guard my mind as I sleep. Let nothing enter my dreams that does not come from You. Cover my sleeping hours with Your presence. Fill the space my sleeping mind will inhabit with Your peace and Your light. Let me wake tomorrow restored rather than diminished by what the night held. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Philippians 4:7 — “The peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”
3. A Prayer to Release the Day Before Sleep
Gracious Father,
Before I sleep I release the day to You. Every worry, every unresolved thing, every fear I have been carrying through the daylight hours — I place it in Your hands before I close my eyes. I do not want to take what the day built up into the night. Receive it from me. And give me in its place the rest You promise to those You love. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Psalm 127:2 — “He grants sleep to those he loves.”
4. A Prayer for Angels to Guard the Night
Lord God,
Your Word tells me that You command Your angels concerning Your children — to guard them in all their ways. I ask for that protection specifically over this night. Let Your angels encamp around this room and this sleeping space. Let nothing harmful pass through the guard You place. And let me sleep in the safety of being watched over by You. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Psalm 91:11 — “For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways.”
5. A Bedtime Prayer for Someone Who Has Been Dreading Sleep
Heavenly Father,
I have been dreading this night and I want to name that honestly to You. Closing my eyes has become something I approach with fear rather than rest. Change that tonight. Come into the dread before it comes into the dark. Let me lie down knowing that You are already in whatever the night holds — and that You are more present there than the fear is. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Proverbs 3:24 — “When you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.”
Prayers for When You Wake From a Nightmare
The moment after a nightmare is one of the most vulnerable moments in human experience. You are between worlds, the dream still vivid enough to feel real, the body fully responding to something that has already ended, the darkness of the room suddenly full of threat.
These prayers are for that exact moment — for the minute after the nightmare, when you need something true to hold while the fear is still fully present in your body and the night is not yet finished.
6. A Prayer Right After Waking From a Nightmare
Lord Jesus,
I just woke from a nightmare and the fear is still fully present. I am reaching for You right now — before I am fully awake, before the room is fully familiar again. You are here. This is real and the dream was not. Cover me right now with Your presence. Let the fear drain out of me and Your peace fill the place it leaves behind. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Isaiah 41:10 — “Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you.”
7. A Prayer to Calm the Body After a Nightmare
Heavenly Father, my body is still responding to what the dream made it feel — the heart racing, the hands trembling, the tightness in my chest. Calm what the nightmare activated. Slow what it sped up. Settle what it disturbed. Let Your peace move through me physically — through every part of my body that the fear reached — and bring me back to rest. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
John 14:27 — “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.”
8. A Prayer to Return to Sleep After a Nightmare
Gracious Lord,
The nightmare has ended but the night has not. I need to go back to sleep and I am afraid of what I might go back to. Take the fear of returning to sleep from me. Stand guard over whatever sleep I still have left tonight. Let what follows be different from what woke me. I trust You with the hours that remain. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Psalm 3:5 — “I lie down and sleep; I wake again, because the Lord sustains me.”
9. A Prayer for the Morning When the Nightmare’s Feeling Stays
Lord Jesus, the night is over but the feeling it left is still present in me. I am carrying the weight of what I dreamed into the morning and it is making the day heavier than it should be. Take it from me. What the nightmare produced — the anxiety, the images, the lingering dread — I hand it to You now in the daylight. This day belongs to You. Let it be free of what the night put in it. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Lamentations 3:22-23 — “His mercies are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.”
Prayers Against Recurring Nightmares
Recurring nightmares are their own particular battle — because they combine the distress of the nightmare itself with the dread of knowing it is likely to come back.
These prayers are for the person fighting a pattern — for breaking the cycle specifically, by name, and claiming the authority in Christ that is available over what the night has been doing.
10. A Prayer Against a Recurring Nightmare
Lord God,
This nightmare keeps coming back and I am tired of fighting it alone. I bring it specifically to You today — the images, the pattern, the dread of knowing it will likely come again. I ask You to break this cycle. In the name of Jesus, I declare that this pattern does not have the authority to continue. You are Lord over my sleeping hours as much as my waking ones. Let tonight be different. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Isaiah 54:17 — “No weapon formed against you shall prosper.”
11. A Prayer to Break the Pattern of Fear in the Night
Heavenly Father,
fear has established a pattern in my nights and the pattern has gone on long enough. I ask You to interrupt it. Break what has become habitual in my sleep. Replace the recurring dread with recurring peace. You are able to do what no amount of willpower has been able to do — change what happens in the hours when I have no control. Do that tonight. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Romans 12:2 — “Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.”
12. A Prayer for Someone Who Has Had Nightmares for Years
Gracious Father,
This has been going on for a long time. I have prayed about it and the nightmares have not stopped. I come back to You today — not giving up, not pretending it is resolved, but bringing it again with the same faith I brought it with at the beginning. You are a God who restores what has been taken. Restore my rest. Restore the safety of the night. It has been long enough. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Joel 2:25 — “I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten.”
Prayers for Children’s Nightmares
You can bring your child before the God who loves them more than you do — who was in that room long before you got there — and ask Him to do what only He can do. These prayers are for parents, grandparents, and anyone who loves a child who is afraid of the night.
13. A Parent’s Prayer Over a Child Who Has Nightmares
Lord Jesus,
I bring my child to You tonight — by name, in their specific fear, with all the helplessness of a parent who cannot reach what the nightmare is reaching. Guard their sleeping mind. Let no fearful image take hold. Fill their dreams with Your peace and Your goodness. And when they wake afraid — let them know instinctively that they are not alone and that something stronger than the fear is in the room with them. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Psalm 121:7-8 — “The Lord will keep you from all harm — he will watch over your life; the Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore.”
14. A Prayer to Pray With a Child After a Nightmare
Dear Lord Jesus,
we are here together in the night and my child has been frightened. We want to talk to You right now — not tomorrow, right now while the fear is still here. You are stronger than every scary thing in any dream. You did not make this fear. You came to take fear away. So we ask You to be here in this room, in this moment, and let my child feel that You are right here. Thank You that the night belongs to You too. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
2 Timothy 1:7 — “For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline.”
15. A Simple Prayer a Child Can Learn and Pray Alone
Lord Jesus,
The nightmare scared me. But You are bigger than anything in any dream. I am not alone in the dark — You are here with me. Please fill my room with Your peace and let me sleep safely. You never sleep and You are always watching over me. Thank You. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Psalm 56:3 — “When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.”
16. A Prayer for Night Terrors in Children
Heavenly Father,
my child is experiencing night terrors that are beyond ordinary bad dreams — the kind where they seem caught between sleep and waking and I cannot reach them. I bring what I cannot fix to the One who can. Speak peace into my child’s sleeping mind. Break whatever is producing this terror. And comfort me as their parent who loves them fiercely and can only watch and pray. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Mark 10:14 — “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.”
Prayers for Nightmares Rooted in Anxiety and Trauma
Trauma-rooted nightmares deserve professional support alongside prayer. These prayers are for the spiritual dimension of that battle — for bringing the specific traumatic content to God and asking Him to begin the healing work in the nights that is connected to the healing work in the days.
17. A Prayer for Nightmares Rooted in Anxiety
Lord Jesus,
My anxiety has followed me into my sleep and it is producing nightmares that reflect the fears I carry during the day. Take the anxiety — not just the nightmares that are its symptoms but the root of it. Begin healing the thing underneath the dreams. Let the peace that passes understanding guard not just my heart and mind during the day but the place my sleeping mind goes at night. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Philippians 4:6-7 — “Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.”
18. A Prayer for Nightmares Rooted in Trauma
Gracious Father,
the nightmares I am having are connected to something real that happened — something that wounded me and has not fully healed. I bring both the trauma and the nightmares it produces to You today. Begin the healing in me that the nightmares are a sign I still need. Bring the right people and the right support into my life to walk that healing out. And in the meantime — be present in the night hours with the kind of peace that reaches even into the damaged places. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Psalm 147:3 — “He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.”
19. A Prayer for Healing of the Mind That Produces the Nightmares
Lord God,
I do not only want the nightmares to stop — I want healing in the place they come from. The fear that the dreams are showing me is real. The wound they are expressing needs more than a good night’s sleep to resolve. So I ask for healing — genuine, deep, lasting healing — of the parts of me that are producing this content in the night. Do the work in me that only You can do. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Isaiah 61:1 — “He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners.”
Prayers to Fill the Night With God’s Presence
A night that is filled with God’s presence does not have room for the terror that has been occupying it. These prayers are for filling rather than only for removing — for inviting God’s peace, His light, His presence, and His goodness into the sleeping hours so that what is dark in them has less and less room to inhabit.
20. A Prayer to Fill the Night With God’s Presence
Heavenly Father,
I invite Your presence specifically into this night. Not just Your protection — Your presence. Fill this room, this darkness, this sleeping space with the reality of who You are. Let every shadow be filled with Your light. Let every silent hour be occupied by Your peace. Let what is dark in this night have less and less room to inhabit as You fill more and more of it. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Psalm 139:11-12 — “If I say, ‘Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me,’ even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you.”
21. A Prayer to Replace Fear With God’s Peace
Lord Jesus,
I ask You to do an exchange in my nights. Take the fear that has been filling them and replace it — not with just the absence of fear but with the positive presence of Your peace. Let me feel Your peace the way I have been feeling the fear — specifically, in the body, undeniably real. Do not just remove. Fill. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
1 John 4:18 — “There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear.”
22. A Prayer for Sweet Dreams to Replace Nightmares
Gracious Father,
I am asking not just for the absence of nightmares but for the presence of good dreams — for the kind of sleep that refreshes, for the kind of night that restores, for the promise of Proverbs 3:24 to be real in my life. Let my dreams be sweet. Let my sleeping hours be productive for restoration rather than destructive of it. You give sleep to those You love. I am Yours. Give me that sleep. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Proverbs 3:24 — “When you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.”
Spiritual Warfare Prayers for Nightmares
These prayers are written from a biblical understanding of spiritual authority — grounded in the blood and name of Jesus, not in dramatic spiritual performance. They are for the person who discerns that what they are fighting in the night has a spiritual component and who wants to address it with the authority available to every child of God.
23. A Spiritual Warfare Prayer Against Nightmares
Lord Jesus,
In Your name and by the authority You have given to every believer, I address the spiritual source of the nightmares that have been disturbing my sleep. I do not receive what these dreams are producing. I stand on the truth that greater is He who is in me than he who is in the world. I cover my sleeping hours with the blood of Jesus and I declare that no weapon formed against my rest shall prosper. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
1 John 4:4 — “You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.”
24. A Prayer of Protection Over Your Sleeping Space
Heavenly Father,
I consecrate this room and this bed to You tonight. I declare this sleeping space to be under the lordship of Jesus Christ. No plan of the enemy against my rest shall prosper in this space. I plead the blood of Jesus over every inch of this room and I ask for Your holy presence to be the defining reality of everything that happens here tonight. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
James 4:7 — “Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.”
25. A Declaration Prayer to Speak Before Sleep
Lord God,
I declare tonight that my sleep belongs to You. I declare that the peace of Christ guards my mind through every sleeping hour. I declare that I do not fear the terror of the night because the Lord is with me. I declare that no weapon formed against my rest shall prosper. I declare that when I wake it will be to a morning of renewed mercy. I stand on these truths and I sleep in them. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Psalm 91:5 — “You will not fear the terror of night, nor the arrow that flies by day.”
Short Prayers for the Night When Fear Strikes
These prayers are for those moments. They are not lesser prayers. Sometimes the shortest prayers in the sharpest moments are the ones that reach furthest — because they are the most stripped of performance and the most honest about need. Say whichever one reaches you. Say it as many times as you need to.
26. When the Nightmare Wakes You Suddenly
Lord Jesus, I am awake and I am afraid. You are here. The dream was not real. You are. Stay close. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Psalm 46:1 — “God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.”
27. When You Are Afraid to Go Back to Sleep
Gracious Father, I am afraid to close my eyes again. Go ahead of me into whatever sleep remains and make it safe. I trust You with the rest of this night. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Psalm 3:5 — “I lie down and sleep; I wake again, because the Lord sustains me.”
28. When the Fear Lingers After Waking
Lord Jesus, the nightmare has ended but the fear has not. Drive it out. Fill what it was occupying with Your peace. I am safe. You are here. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
John 14:27 — “Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.”
29. A Parent’s Midnight Prayer Over a Frightened Child
Lord Jesus, my child is afraid and I am here with them. Be here too — more present than the fear was in the dream. Let them feel You in this room tonight. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Mark 10:14 — “Let the little children come to me.”
30. The Simplest Prayer for a Nightmare Night
Lord Jesus — the night has been hard. I need You here. That is the whole prayer. Be here. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Psalm 4:8 — “In peace I will lie down and sleep, for you alone, Lord, make me dwell in safety.”
Bible Verses for Nightmares and Peaceful Sleep
Write one of these on a piece of paper and keep it beside your bed. When the night is hard, reach for it before the fear takes hold. Let it be the first true thing you touch.
Psalm 4:8 — “In peace I will lie down and sleep, for you alone, Lord, make me dwell in safety.” The peace is given. The safety is provided. Receive both as you lie down tonight.
Psalm 91:5 — “You will not fear the terror of night.” Not by your own strength. Not because nothing frightening happens. Because the One watching you does not sleep and is not afraid.
Proverbs 3:24 — “When you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.” Sweet sleep. Not tolerable sleep. Sweet. God’s word over your nights is sweetness — claim it specifically.
Isaiah 41:10 — “Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God.” With you — not nearby, not available if called upon, but with you. In the night. In the dream. In the moment you wake afraid.
John 14:27 — “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.” His peace is different from anything the world offers — it holds in the night hours when everything else fails.
Psalm 121:3-4 — “He who watches over you will not slumber; indeed, he who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.” He does not sleep. While you are unconscious and unguarded, He is awake and watching. Every night. Without exception.
2 Timothy 1:7 — “For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline.” Fear does not come from God. The Spirit He gave you is power. Claim that over the night specifically.
Why Prayer Is Effective Against Nightmares
Prayer places the night under God’s authority rather than the fear’s. Nightmares gain their power from the experience of being alone and unguarded in a space that has become unsafe. Prayer changes the spiritual reality of that space — it actively invites God’s presence into the sleeping hours and establishes His authority over what happens in them. This is not superstition. It is the deliberate act of a believer exercising the access and authority they have been given in Christ.
Prayer processes the fear rather than suppressing it. One of the reasons prayer is effective against nightmares rooted in anxiety and trauma is that it provides a safe place for the fear to be named and brought before God — which is the spiritual dimension of the same work that good therapy does in the natural. Bringing the specific content of the nightmare to God in prayer is not ruminating on it. It is releasing it. There is a significant difference.
Prayer before sleep prepares the mind for rest rather than fear. What you fill your mind with in the last waking minutes significantly shapes the experience of sleep that follows. Praying specifically before sleep — placing the night in God’s hands, declaring His peace over the sleeping hours, claiming His protection — fills that pre-sleep space with truth rather than anxiety. Over time this consistent habit genuinely changes what the night contains.
Practical Steps Alongside Prayer
Create a consistent bedtime routine that includes prayer. Begin your approach to sleep the same way every night — with deliberate prayer that places the hours ahead in God’s hands. Consistency builds a habit that the mind begins to associate with safety rather than dread.
Fill the pre-sleep space with Scripture rather than screens. What the mind absorbs in the final hour before sleep shapes the content of sleep. Scripture, worship, or quiet prayer is a better preparation for rest than news, social media, or content that activates anxiety.
Keep a verse beside your bed. When you wake from a nightmare, having a physical piece of Scripture to reach for — something true and external to the fear — gives the mind something steady to anchor to while the body is still responding to what the dream activated.
Seek professional support if nightmares are persistent. Persistent nightmares — especially those rooted in trauma — respond best to a combination of spiritual and professional intervention. Seeking the help of a doctor, sleep specialist, or counsellor alongside your prayer life is not lack of faith. It is wisdom. God works through professional support as surely as He works through prayer.
Frequently Asked Questions
What causes nightmares spiritually?
Nightmares can have multiple sources — anxiety and stress, trauma, spiritual attack, or the mind processing the content of the day. Not every nightmare is spiritual in origin and discernment is important. When nightmares feel spiritually heavy or consistently oppressive, addressing them through prayer and spiritual authority in Christ is appropriate. When they seem rooted in anxiety or trauma, addressing the root cause alongside prayer is the wisest approach.
What Bible verse helps with nightmares?
Psalm 4:8 — “In peace I will lie down and sleep, for you alone, Lord, make me dwell in safety” — is the most directly applicable. Proverbs 3:24 gives the specific promise of sweet sleep without fear. Psalm 91:5 addresses the terror of the night directly. Keep one of these beside your bed and reach for it when the night is hard.
How do I pray for my child who has nightmares?
Pray specifically — by your child’s name, in their specific situation. Pray with them when they are awake and pray over them while they sleep. Teach them a simple prayer they can pray themselves when they wake afraid. Make prayer the first response to the nightmare rather than an afterthought, and let your child see that you take both their fear and your access to God seriously.
What should I do immediately after a nightmare?
Before you do anything else — pray. Even ten seconds of turning to God before reaching for your phone or trying to make sense of the dream establishes that the night still belongs to Him. Then breathe. Then, if helpful, write down what you dreamed and bring it honestly to God in a slightly longer prayer. Do not try to go straight back to sleep while the fear is still fully activated.
Can prayer really stop nightmares?
Yes — though the mechanism varies. For spiritually rooted nightmares, prayer and spiritual authority in Christ address the source directly. For anxiety-rooted nightmares, consistent pre-sleep prayer changes the mental and spiritual atmosphere of the sleeping hours over time. For trauma-rooted nightmares, prayer combined with professional support offers the most comprehensive path to healing. In all cases, the consistent testimony of believers is that prayer changes what the night holds.
Final Words
The night belongs to God. Every dark hour of it. Every silent minute. Every moment when you are asleep and unguarded and completely dependent on something outside yourself to keep you safe — God is there. Awake. Watching. Never slumbering. Never distracted. Never looking away.
The nightmares that have been disturbing your rest do not have the final word over your nights. The fear that has made sleep something to dread rather than something to enter is not the permanent reality. The promises of Scripture over the night are still true — sweet sleep, peace as you lie down, no fear of the terror of the night — and those promises are available to you even now, even after a long season of hard nights.
Come back to these prayers as often as you need them. Pray them before sleep. Reach for them in the night. Bring your specific fear and your specific exhaustion to the God who neither slumbers nor sleeps and who is as present at 3am as He is at noon. He is waiting for you to bring the night to Him. Bring it. He can do something with it that you cannot do alone.
“In peace I will lie down and sleep, for you alone, Lord, make me dwell in safety.” — Psalm 4:8
The night belongs to God. Bring your darkness to the One who is never in the dark.
