Look with your eyes

and hear with your ears,

and set your heart upon all

   that I will show you,

for you were brought here

in order that

I might show it to you.

             Ezekiel 40. 4

(God has strategically placed

      each one of us

in space and time

        and experience

that we would know Him more

and in ways that we could not

    realize in any other situation.

God is continually

     revealing Himself to us,

pouring His Spirit over us,

His purposes abiding deeper than

  we can ever grasp.

And He is using us

   for His glory

  in innumerable lives.)

O LORD,

Your fruitfulness in us

is seamlessly woven

with purpose and beauty

    and excellence.

Help us to seek You

    in this particular situation,

to complete Your purposes,

to bring the name of Jesus here,

to work out of love,

and to be faithful to You.

May what we see and hear

and set our hearts upon this day

     bring You honor.

Your steadfast love

       endures forever.

Even in this.