He divided the sea

and let them pass through it,

and made the waters

stand like a heap.

              Psalm 78. 13

(God's power is not always

revealed in ways

that we would anticipate

    or according to our plans.

God specializes in the unexpected.

Sometimes God's deliverance

             is directly through

             what overwhelms us,

that we may know

       He is God

       and we are not.

God reveals in ways

    that cannot be explained away

    or claimed as our own doing.)

O LORD,

You are continually adding

   to Your chronicle of faithfulness

                                 to us

   and for us to know You more.

Things may be outside our control

        but not beyond Yours.

Help us to not just know what to do

                  or Your way in this,

but realize beyond a shadow of doubt,

    how very much we are loved by You.

We are not defined by our circumstances.

We all struggle with Red Seas in our lives.

          But we can know You more

          and be known by You.

We can hope not for answers,

              but hope in You.

On You, we can stake our lives.