...all the foundations

        of the earth

        are shaken.

              Psalm 82. 5

(Everything ordinary

and familiar

and expected

    has radically changed

    in the blink of an eye.

Crisis is only realizing

  we are not in control

                       after all.

Wishful thinking

       and cheery boasts,

"We will get through this!"

            changes nothing.

But if God is our hope

  --He on Whom we can

    stake our lives --

we can know God redeems,

restores,

and makes all things new.

How do we respond

  and navigate change

                differently

because we know and love

     a Sovereign God?

God never promised

         life would be easy

     in this broken world,

but says over and over again,

   "Do not despair.

    Do not fear.

          I am with you.")

O LORD,

You are our foundation

on Whom we hope,

on Whom we stake our lives,

our Rock

          and our Redeemer.

We need You.

Please reveal to us

   how to navigate

            this hard stuff

in ways that

   bring glory to You

and bring Your name.

Show us

     how to respond

with love and grace

and point others to You.