When neither sun nor stars

   appeared for many days,

and no small tempest lay on us,

all hope of our being saved

was at last abandoned.

                  Acts 27. 20

(This hard, difficult, impossible

      situation upon each of us

is not the end of the story,

          as it appears,

but the most exciting part.

Now watch what God

                 does with this.

God specializes

             in the impossible.

Scripture is laden with stories,

    not just of miracles

               and narrow squeaks,

but His faithfulness

                       every day.

God redeems,

and not just in what

              is visible to us.

"Trust Me in this.")

O LORD,

We cannot know Your outcomes

       in our situations,

but we can know

              that You do.

We need not be afraid,

    because You are with us

              all the way.

You are a refuge for us,

not in which to hide and cower,

but to be strengthened

         from where to go forth.

The unknown is

            not unknown to You.

Help us to approach

   the ordinary

   and the overwhelming

               differently,

because we know and love You.

Help us also to be aware

   that others are learning from us

how to walk with You.