A blessing to others

God, your name is Love, and you never ignore your needy children’s cry. Listen to my prayer this morning. Make today a day of blessing for me, and make me a blessing to others. Keep all evil away from me, open wrongdoing and secret sin. Help me control my temper and stop the first stirrings of anger or sulking. If I meet unkindness or bad treatment, give me the love that is patient and bears everything. Make me kind and gentle to everyone, loving even people who don’t love me. Let me live today as if it were my last. My God, show me the path you want me to follow. Let me take no step without you, and go nowhere unless you go with me. Amen.