...I prayed to the LORD, saying,

“Ah, Lord God!

It is You who have made

the heavens and the earth 

by Your great power and

by Your outstretched arm!

Nothing is too hard for You.

...O great and mighty God,

whose name is

            the LORD of hosts,

great in counsel

       and mighty in deed...”

                Jeremiah 32. 17, 19

(And we begin our prayers 

           with “Dear God?”

How differently we would pray

if we knew God like this

and acknowledged Who He is.

Has it occurred to me

                      to pray?)

O LORD,

We come before You

in the awe 

of Your Presence with us.

You are God,

        and we are not.

But we are Yours.

You are here with us.

Help us to be faithful to You

           in all things today,

the favorable,

the difficult and messy,

     even in mystery,

     beyond my understanding.

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