If we had forgotten

     the name of our God,

or spread out our hands

     to a foreign god,

would not God discover this?

For He knows

  the secrets of the heart.

                  Psalm 44. 20-21

(No surprise to God.

No surprise to others either.

What we worship

does not just impact our hearts,

but the trajectory of what

                    we choose.

As author James K. A. Smith says,

   "We are what we love."

The core of what we worship

          changes us.

The core of what we worship

     is evident in what we say,

how we treat others,

what we do,

what we see

if or how we respond,

and not just what we love

       but in how we love.

Have we forgotten God

    or not trusted Him

in what is before us

or who is before us?

Both crises

     and our everyday choices

do not just

          reveal our character

but our hearts

and our relationship with You.)

O LORD,

May we come before You

not to lay out our agenda

           for You in this day,

but that we would follow You

   into Your appointments

                       for us.

Write Your name

   at the top of the page

     and all over the day.

Help us to follow You

   into both the joys

   and dilemmas,

and not just be mindful of You,

   but have the mind of Christ

                        in this.

Help us to live with a whole heart

          before You

          and before others.

Align and realign

             our hearts with Yours.

May Your glory

  get all over everything.