So the people were restrained

           from bringing,

for the material they had

was sufficient to do

all the work,

               and more.

             Exodus 36.7

(Think about this difficult task

       or impossible dilemma

     with a new heart.

Bring the creativity of the Almighty

            to the assignment.

God provides more than enough

      to do His work,

           in what is set before us.

And He uses us to chime in

   with what resources we have.

We can't do everything,

       but we can do something.

Generosity brings solutions

  to previously unsolvable problems.

That's what community does.

We are not in this alone.

God never intended that.)

O LORD,

Help us to not just be aware

           of the needs around us,

but to seek out and respond

      even without being asked.

Help us to engage with compassion

    and creativity

    and what we have

to fill the potholes,

put food on the table,

strengthen the saints,

bring Your name

              to this need,

in building Your kingdom,

      every brick profound.

You are not

    the God of just enough,

but the Holy One who provides

              baskets of leftovers.

Help us to step into the need.