Morning prayer · 3 December
Arrange this day for me

Lord, in endless wisdom and love you arrange everything for your children. Arrange everything for me today in your tender pity. You made me, so you know my weakness. You know how my soul shrinks from every kind of inner pain. Lord, I know you won’t put a heavier load on me than you can help me carry. Teach me to receive everything today from you. Help me to trust myself to you in everything, to please you in everything, and to come nearer to you through everything. Bring me nearer to you day by day, to life that never ends. Amen.
Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears our burden, the God of our salvation. Selah
Adapted from E. B. Pusey, via Prayers Ancient and Modern (1897), in plain words. The verse is from the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Drawing: Mutter.