A Prayer

So here's the short of it,
I was working on Emily and Gene's blog and found a prayer that was very meaningful for me.

And here's the long

I was reading prayers from the Hospice site this evening and came across this one which really touched me. I guess reading it, it sounds as though I'm really in a tough spot, but I'm really not.  It just resonated with me from the days and weeks when chemo treatments and Dad's death had me reeling - - and it's one of my favorite philosophers.   Now that I am stronger, this is probably even more meaningful for me than if I had read it during that time. 

I'm grateful that there are people who can capture our soul's wordless yearnings in words. 

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 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 humanity. Lord, whatever this day may bring, Your name be praised.                            -Dietrich Bonhoeffer