...but that they may be

             My people

and I may be their God,

   declares the Lord GOD.

              Ezekiel 14. 11

(Repeated 68 times

      in the book of Ezekiel

is the phrase:

that they may know

        that I am the LORD.

Knowing the LORD

          is a relationship

   that shows us

           who we really are.

And on Whom we can depend.

We are loved.

We are accepted.

We belong.)

O LORD,

Help us to love You

         and trust You even more.

Empower us to

      live as Your people,

to realize what that means,

to be a redemptive presence

                     in this place

     because we know You.

You are our God

    and that changes everything.