Fear not, O Zion,

let not your hands grow weak.

   The LORD your God

                   is in your midst,

a mighty one who will save;

He will rejoice over you with gladness,

He will quiet you by His love,

He will exult over you

                   with loud singing.

                 Zephaniah 3. 16-17

(Listen. What is that we hear?

God sings His love and grace

       and triumph over us.

God personally delights in you.

Exult means to openly rejoice

    and to be joyful to the extreme.

"I am with you."

"Trust Me in this."

No need to fear or worry.

Anxiety is just

      leaving God out of the equation.)

O LORD,

Thank You for loving us.

We need not just Your help.

         We need You.

Help us in our finite state

   to realize that Your fulfillment

                  and faithfulness

are not constrained by time,

nor circumstances,

nor by what we can see

                   this side of heaven.

You are in our midst.

Help us to not fear

           nor to grow weak,

but to know that

   You are working powerfully

   in us and through us.

Even in the now.

Even in this.