O God, early in the
morning I cry to you. Help me to pray and to concentrate my
thoughts on you: I cannot 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
your 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.
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer