Blessed be the LORD,

for He has wondrously shown

    His steadfast love to me

when I was in a besieged city.

I had said in my alarm,

   "I am cut off from Your sight."

But You heard

   the voice of my pleas for mercy

when I cried to You for help.

                 Psalm 32. 21-22

(God does not promise

            our way will be easy,

but "Do not fear.

            I am with you."

Key words in this passage are

      "But You heard."

We do not need even to shout,

   because He is with us.

He is still here,

             even in this.

We may not see Him,

    but He sees us.

Trust Me in this.

We don't always realize His hand,

nor see His fruit,

nor grasp the immensity of His glory.)

O LORD,

We need not to drum up

         our own courage and strength,

    but rely on Yours.

You give us what we need

   to navigate differently,

   to approach another way,

   to persevere in hard places,

and to walk with You

          even in the unexpected.

Bring Your glory to it.

Align our hearts with Yours.