...for the consecration of the

anointing oil of his God

is on him...

                   Leviticus 21.12

(As believers,

we are all marked

by His appointing

         and anointing.

We are set apart

       by His grace

       for His purposes.

It is not that

   we are better in any way,

but forgiven.

We belong to Him,

and as a result,

how we live, love, respond,

serve and are

should look very different.

His love can't help

        but change our hearts.)

O LORD,

Please help us to

intentionally bring Your name

into all that we do

and all that we are.

You are the LORD.

You are our LORD.

May Your glory be

           seen and known

through all the earth,

through every unlikely situation,

through every unexpected opportunity

        to honor You.

May we choose

     not to "be different"

but known as Yours

by how we live faithfully

with love, grace and hope,

no matter

      the circumstances.