Then David fled

   from Naioth in Ramah

and came

and said before Jonathan,

"What have I done?

What is my guilt?

And what is my sin

       before your father,

that he seeks my life?"

           1 Samuel 20.1

(The plot thickens.

About this time,

David was wishing

    he was back tending sheep.

Sometimes

     --make that most of the time--

things turn out far differently

              than we expect,

sometimes the consequences

  of someone else's sin, greed,

  selfishness or disobedience.

Even then,

even when it requires

    that we run for our lives

or life gets more difficult

    or hard to understand,

God redeems,

not just the situation,

not just a happy ending,

but God redeems our lives.

God does not redeem,

            future tense.

   He is already redeeming,

             in the now.

Far beyond our

        wildest imagination.

Far beyond what

        we can see from here.

Glitch

  does not appear

  in God's dictionary.)

O LORD,

May we listen and respond

    to Your voice,

    to Your nudges,

    and to Your Word,

that we may be faithful

wherever we are today.

Help us to

      tie on our shoes,

   and our pockets with grace,

   that we are ready

                to flee

   or to do what

   You have placed before us.

Align our hearts with Yours

  that we may follow You.

And to trust You in this.

Even in this.