...yet our God turned

the curse

        into a blessing.

          Nehemiah 13. 2

(This hardship is not

      the end of the story.

God turns these painful

    and difficult things

          right side up,

    what was meant to defeat

    into what is redeemed.

When we trust Him into it,

   God strengthens us.

We are not impervious to pain,

         but responsive to it.

God brings good

    into impossible places

                 for His glory.)

O LORD,

There is so much we

            cannot understand,

so much so far

         beyond our control,

but we can trust You.

Strengthen our hearts

  that we may respond in ways

  to honor You

and love others into Your kingdom.

Help us to treat others

          with Your grace.