For this commandment

that I command you today

is not too hard for you,

neither is it far off.

It is not in heaven

that you should say,

"Who will ascend to heaven

for us and bring it to us,

that we may hear it

                 and do it?"

Neither is it beyond the sea,

that you should say,

"Who will go over the sea

for us and bring it to us,

that we may hear it

                and do it?"

But the Word

            is very near to you.

It is in your mouth

              and in your heart,

so that you can do it.

      Deuteronomy 30. 11-14

(God is,

    and He has spoken.

God is not hidden

  that we cannot find Him,

or made it so complicated

    we cannot grasp,

or made it impossible

       to know who He is.

But in His love and grace,

God sent His Son to earth

to die for us

that we can know Him

                 personally

as He loves us, each one.)

O LORD,

Thank You for Your love.

Thank You that we can

           know You,

and that You broke down

   the separating walls

because You love us

                  that much.

May we live so radically

             in that grace

that Your love

      transforms our hearts

and radically changes

   the course of our lives.

We can know You.

Our hope is in You.

On Your love and Word,

    we can stake our lives.