Rebuke the beasts

that dwell among the reeds...

             Psalm 68. 30

(All those disturbances,

     both real and imagined,

  that growl at us

        just to distract us.

We need not fear them.

What if there was nothing

     to be afraid of

             in this situation?

And if there is,

                to trust in God

   who daily bears us up.

How differently then

  would we live

  in relationship with God?)

O LORD,

You walk with us always,

even in the shadowy places,

even on the edge of the cliff,

even in the miry bogs.

You banish our fear

  because You are with us.

Help us to trust in You

    and not be distracted

by what we only imagine.

You are our God.

Help us to live that way.

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