And the people said to me,

"Will you not tell us what

these things mean for us,

that you are acting thus?"

Then I said to them,

"The word of the LORD

      came to me..."

              Ezekiel 24. 19-20

(When God's Word is embedded

in our hearts,

our lives cannot help

         but look different,

responding unexpectedly

  to what we experience

  and to those who

            surround us.

Live in such a way

   that God is honored

and that others are compelled

          to ask why.

The world around us

  is desperately watching

 to see any difference in us,

           to see if God is real,

not that our lives are perfect,

but how we respond

       when our lives are not.

"It is not I who live,

   but Christ who lives in me."

            Galatians 2. 20)

O LORD,

We have no idea

what we are doing.

We have no idea

what You are doing.

But we can be assured

  that You are working,

in us and through us,

seamlessly weaving

  the invisible into the visible.

We have only

    to be faithful to you.

May we realize

      Your Presence with us.

May our lives

     not get in the way

     of pointing others

       right to You.