When He summoned

       a famine on the land

and broke all supply of bread,

He had sent a man

                 ahead of them,

Joseph,

    who was sold as a slave.

                 Psalm 105. 16-17

(We all at some point of another

find ourselves

      in the midst of mystery.

Why am I here?

Why am I going through

          this hard place

     or this strange situation?

But there is nothing random in it.

We are all strategically placed

    and trained and equipped by God

to serve Him and His Kingdom

    and to love others

                   right to Him.

God has sent us ahead,

      to be a Joseph there,

even in the most unexpected places

     and among unlikely people,

the familiar and the unfamiliar,

        for His glory there.)

O LORD,

We have witnessed

               Your grace to us.

Help us to live

      as a living testimony to You

      among those around us,

          to be a Joseph there.

You have given each of us

       a story for Your glory,

even in places

     we would not have chosen,

even in places we are not aware

    of Your hand upon us.

Help us to know that

              You are the LORD.

Help us to know

            and trust You even more.

Even in this.