This beautiful prayer from Howard Thurman, Meditations of the Heart:
Brood over our spirits, Our Father,
Blow upon whatever dream Thou hast for us
That there may glow once again on our hearths
The light from Thy altar.
Pour out whatever our spirits need of shock, of lift, of release
That we may find strength for these days –
Courage and hope for tomorrow.
In confidence we rest in Thy sustaining grace
Which makes possible triumph in defeat, gain in loss, and love in hate.
We rejoice this day to say:
Our little lives, our big problems – these we place upon thy altar!
It occurs to me... 