For it is no empty word

       for you

but your very life,

and by this word

you shall live long

in the land that you are

going over the

      Jordan to possess.

     Deuteronomy 32. 47

(We tend to take God's Word

so casually,

when it is life breath to us,

our sustenance,

strength,

and powerful enough

to transform our hearts

and change the

   trajectory of our lives.

Even today.

It matters

more than we can know 

that we read and meditate

on His Word daily,

not to get marching orders,

but for God

  to re-align our hearts

  with His.)

O LORD,

May we cherish Your Word

not just by reading it

but living it out as light

wherever You place us.

Help us to know

the magnitude of

         Your living Word

         in our lives,

molding us,

weaving seamlessly

into our hearts

Your grace and love

and sacred order

        to our days.

Help us to read Your Word

with great expectation,

not just with pen in hand

but with receptive hearts

     and shoes tied on.