when i rise

Dietrich Bonhoffer:

“For Christians the beginning of the day should not be burdened and haunted by the various kinds of concerns that they face during the day. The Lord stands above the new day, for God has made it. All restlessness, all impurity, all worry, and anxiety flee before Him. Therefore, in the early morning hours of the day, may our many thoughts and our many idle words be silent and may the first words and first thought belong to the One to whom our whole life belongs.”