This will be your opportunity

        to bear witness.

                Luke 21. 13

(Seeing our comings and goings

      with different eyes

      and a different heart,

in the ordinary and extraordinary,

in difficulty and favor,

among strangers

    or those woven in our lives.

We can see these situations

                      differently,

because we have practiced

    all along the way,

even when it seemed insignificant

       or didn't seem to matter,

       or nobody noticed at all.

Bearing witness is

not a script or event,

    but a life transformed by Christ,

   manifested in word, deed

                         and attitude.

Even among other believers,

   we bear witness.

       This is how to respond.)

O LORD,

We are so unaware

    of our surroundings

and of Your Presence

     in whatever we face today.

You go before us,

      You go with us,

  You even have our back.

We don't have to

   drum up our own courage

                   and strength,

but go forth with You.

Even when it seems we mess up,

                    because we do,

         You redeem,

                    because You do.

People don't want to see

             if we are perfect,

but that You are real.

Help us to seize opportunities

          to trust You in this,

   to know You more

   and make You known.

You make it possible

   for us to bear witness,

even when we

        never realize it.