Lord, being around people frightens me more than it seems to frighten others. I rehearse conversations before they happen and replay them long after, certain I have been judged and found wanting. Your word says I am fearfully and wonderfully made, that Your works are wonderful — and I am one of them, even on the days I cannot feel it. Help me believe that quietly, underneath the noise of my self-consciousness. I am not asking to suddenly become bold and carefree; I am asking for enough steadiness to walk into the room and stay in it. Calm the dread before it grows. Remind me that I do not have to perform to be worth being there. And where this fear is bigger than I can manage, give me the courage to talk to a counsellor or someone I trust about it. You made me, Lord, and You do not regret it. Steady me among people, one encounter at a time. Amen.
A prayer for you
Prayer for Social Anxiety
When being around people fills you with dread of being judged, here are words for a heart that needs reassuring.
“I will give thanks to you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful. My soul knows that very well.”
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