But I have trusted

    in Your steadfast love;

my heart shall rejoice

    in Your salvation.

I will sing to the LORD,

because He has dealt

    bountifully with me.

              Psalm 13. 5-6

(When we know how

    deeply God loves us,

we can see and approach,

      navigate and respond

to circumstances differently

with His strength

                  and vision.

We need not be afraid

    or in despair,

    for God is with us

and reveals Himself to us.

                    Even in this.

Nothing random

       can overtake us.

God has given each one of us

    an ongoing chronicle

               of His faithfulness.

Trusting God is not just

     relying or depending,

but staking our lives

               on His love.

He is not just with us.

He has gone before us.

God loves us right through

        whatever we face.)

O LORD,

If we knew You are here,

that You are in this,

     we would not be afraid.

We learn to trust You

     in the every days

that we may already know

  Your Presence and strength

   in the crisis.

Help us to not be distracted

      by circumstances

            --favorable or impossible--

but to know, follow, trust

          and run with You.