For the morning light
and its irresistible dawning,
for you untamable utterances of life in boundless stretches of space and the strength of the waves of the sea
I give you thank, O God.
Release in me the power of your Spirit that my soul may be free and my spirit strong.
Release in me the freedom of your Spirit that I may be bridled by nothing but love
that I may be bridled only by love.
--John Philip Newell