The people of Israel

did not remember

         the LORD their God,

who had delivered them

from the hand of all their enemies

                 on every side.

               Judges 8. 34

(The story that God has given

                  each of us

     was designed to be shared

with those around us

        and the next generation

        that they may know that He is God

and to see Him at work

         in real time in our lives.

Our personal chronicle of God's faithfulness

    also reminds us

    of God's continual intervention

      in our daily lives

      in the big stuff and the ordinary.

How can we possibly do this life

                    without Him?)

O LORD,

Stir up in us the desire and Your courage

     to speak of You to others

that they may see Your hand in our lives

    and they may come to know You.

May our actions and our words

     bear witness to You

 even in unexpected places

                and among unlikely people,

    when we are conscious

                    of the opportunity

    and even when we have no clue.

May we be continually aware

             of Your faithfulness

    even in the very details.

Others are watching us

   to know that You are real.

May we be faithful to You

   as You have been

              so faithful to us.