But You are near, O LORD...

                  Psalm 119. 151

(I need that truth repeating

in a continual loop

in my thoughts.

His Presence

     changes everything.

When circumstances 

              are not looking good,

when my heart says

         time to panic

              or despair,

the LORD says,

"I'm already here.

You are not alone.

     Follow Me into it.

Do not be afraid."

The peace Jesus promises

is not the absence of conflict,

     but His shalom

     in impossible places.)