A prayer from Dietrich Bonhoeffer

O God,

early in the morning I cry to you.

Help me to pray,

and concentrate my thoughts on you:

I can not do this alone.

In me there is darkness,

but with you there is light;

I am lonely, but you do not leave me;

I am feeble in heart, but with you there is help;

I am restless, but with you there is peace.

In me there is bitterness, but with you there is patience;

I do not understand you ways,

but you know the way for me…

Restore me to liberty,

and enable me so to live now

that I may answer before you and before me,

Lord, whatever this day may bring,

Your name be praised.

Amen.