Meal Blessing for January 2000

[This grace is from W.E.B. Du Bois]

We pray tonight, O God,
for confidence in ourselves,
our powers and our purposes
in this beginning of a New Year. 
Ward us from all lack of faith
and hesitancy
and inspire in us not only
the determination to do a year's work well,
but the unfaltering belief that what we wish to do,
we will do. 
Such Faith, O Lord, is born of Works. 
Every deed accomplished
finishes not only itself but is fallow ground for future deeds. 
Abundantly endow us, Our Father,
with this deed-born Faith.