Do not be afraid

          of sudden terror

or the storm of the wicked,

          when it comes,

for the LORD will be

     your confidence

and will keep your food

            from being caught.

            Proverbs 3. 25-26

(God does not say

     "There is nothing to be

                      afraid of."

He points out, "when it comes."

But we need not panic

           nor be afraid.

Take just one step

     and then another.

He holds us

   even on the shattered pavement

                   of this broken world.

The LORD allows us

      to live differently

because we walk freely with Him

              in His strength.

Are we looking at our inadequacies

      and the scary cliffs around us?

Or looking to Him

          and holding His hand?

"Walk with Me

        and don't miss the view.")

O LORD,

Help us to trust You

     in the every days

that we may know Your strength

          in the extraordinary ones.

You are so faithful.

You do not just keep us in Your sight.

       You are with us.

Let not fear trip us up,

or worries bog us down.

We don't have the bandwidth for that.

As we quiet ourselves in Your Presence,

     may Your strength and confidence

     seep all over us

that we would be faithful to You,

   even in what is before us today,

because it all matters to You..