With what

shall I come

before the LORD,

and bow myself

before God on High?

...He has told you,

              O man,

what is good;

and what does the LORD

               require of you

but to do justice,

and to love kindness,

and to walk

   humbly with your God?

             Micah 6. 6, 8

(Bottom line:

God does not want

                 our stuff

or our successes

or achievements

or money.

God seeks our hearts.

It is love for God

        and for others

that distinguishes us,

a higher road,

a deeper heart,

a higher measure.

Even others expect believers

   to live and respond

                   differently.

Is what I do and

how I approach circumstances

        marked by love,

justice, kindness

           and selflessness?

When I walk with God,

   I walk differently

--same situation, same potholes--

but a fresh strength

      and a new path through

because of a

  radically different heart.

It is far more than

    having a better attitude,

but worship in all things.

Kindness, mercy,

and faithfulness

are the outcroppings of worship.

When we deeply love,

we don't even consider it

            a sacrifice.

Not a "have to," or "get to,"

    but I'd love to.)

O LORD,

We come before You today

that we would not set out

         our agenda for You

         to somehow squish into

         a tiny crack.

But that You, O God,

would lay before us

    Your day for us.

Help us to not just be aware,

but responsive to Your Presence,

seeking You,

following You,

walking with You

   through even the miriest bog.

May we reset our hearts

and pack our pockets

full of grace and mercy,

kindness

   and faithfulness to You,

that You would be

  glorified in all we do.

May we set and reset

our hearts

   to follow You in this.

May Your goodness

   seep through

into those around us.

Autocorrected to believers

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