Dear Lord,

I thank Thee that I can awake
in the morning and turn my face
toward Thy face, and believe that
Thou art looking into mine.
I do not understand, dear Christ,
and yet I have the feeling that
Thou art near -- a mystic feeling, an
inner consciousness, a warming of my spirit.
No, I do not understand,
and yet this grows to be the
richest experience of my life.
Like the sunrise shining through
my eastern window so Thy presence
comes with dawn of day.
Oh, may I allow no disobedience to
Thee to hinder our communion all this day.

Amen