Strengthen the weak hands,

and make firm

         the feeble knees.

Say to those

  who have an anxious heart,

"Be strong;

             fear not!"

             Isaiah 35. 3-4

(Faithfulness and strength

are built in layers

     and daily decisions

on the most ordinary days.

What am I doing today

to increase spiritual endurance

      for the extraordinary?

On what we base our trust

is revealed suddenly

       and unexpectedly.)

O LORD,

May we seek You

in the dailyness,

knowing that

You give us strength

for what we don't

              see coming.

Being strong

       and fearing not

is not something we can do

            without You.

Help us to realize that

anxiety and fear

     just sap our energy

   and distort our vision.

But trusting in You

      shows us Your way

through what only appears

             as impossible.