The fear of man

    lays a snare,

but whoever

  trusts in the LORD

            is safe.

         Proverbs 29. 25

(Trusting in God

     will always

take us on a different route,

a different journey,

a different destination.

Trusting in the LORD

   never leads to

   a singular outcome.

The path of the faithful

  is always an adventure.

And it impacts generations,

    far beyond our lifetimes.

What we choose to do--

trusting God

    or enslaved by fear--

does something to us

       and through us.

Are we tripped up

  by the fear of the unknown,

or strengthened

           by the Known?

Fear paralyzes us.

Trusting God energizes.)

O LORD,

Help us to trust You

in the every days

that we will know

how to trust You

when the crises come.

May trusting You

     become our default,

driven by prayer

   and not by panic.

As we are surrounded

    by the marauding hordes,

not knowing what to do,

may we first turn to You

              and ask,

"What if

    I trusted You in this?"