Lord, hear our prayer:

Most merciful and gracious Father, we thank you that you do not send our hurt or our pain and that you never intended us to suffer or to experience great loss. We thank you more that you take every experience of our lives, every twist and turn that we face, and by your grace you offer to transform it into an opportunity to begin again. We thank you for Jesus, the only true source of your grace, and for the hard lesson that new life comes through death, hope is your offer for all in despair and love is your promise for ever. Through Christ the Lord.

Amen.

Some minor adaptation on some prayers.
David Clowes, 500 Prayers For All Occasions © 2003 by David C Cook Publishing
Used by permission. All rights reserved.