One who is faithful

      in a very little

is also faithful in much,

and one who is dishonest

      in a very little

is also dishonest in much.

               Luke 16. 10

(What am I practicing?

What am I justifying?

Like scales on a piano,

practicing over and over,

   I learn what to do

   and how to respond

because I have

      learned how to do it.

I am making choices

            day by day

how to approach

     what is before me

    and how to live faithfully.

Practice faithfulness,

even when we don't

   consider it faithfulness,

even when it doesn't

   seem to matter,

because faithfulness

   is built in layers

and in the tiniest details.

And brings honor to God.)

O LORD,

Reveal to each one of us

how to be faithful to You

   in whatever we do today

   and how we do it

as a love offering to You.

How can we serve You

     in this particular situation

and even in this

           difficult relationship?

Show us Your way in this.

Grant us the courage

      to follow You into it.

Help us above all to be

        faithful to You.