I Cannot Do This Alone

[Betty]

      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 to live now
      That I may answer before you and before me.
      Lord, whatever this day may bring,
      Your name be praised.

                                                Dietrich Bonhoeffer