Let Your hand be

         ready to help me,

for I have chosen

             Your precepts.

            Psalm 119. 173

(Our relationship with God

      changes us.

We can respond differently

    because we know Him.

His peace is not

       an absence of turmoil,

   but His Presence with us.

Our relationship

    is not just a 911 call

              in times of crisis,

   but a pattern of life,

a continual conversation,

a deepening relationship,

knowing He is there,

knowing His hand,

knowing on Whom

   we can stake our lives,

   in good times and in trouble.

And God empowers us

  to be ready to help others.)

O LORD,

We all struggle with something.

But we can know

          --not just believe--

that You are with us

             to help us

  and hold us by Your hand.

Help us to seek You

              continually

   no matter the circumstances

that we may know You

              even more.