...may those who love Your salvation

say continually,

     "Great is the LORD!"

              Psalm 40. 16

(Do these words appear

   in our working vocabulary

        and daily conversations?

How differently we would respond

to our lives and circumstances

if we said continually

            through the day and our mess,

     "Great is the LORD!"

Not as a warm and fuzzy reaction,

  but the very core of our being,

realizing our utter need for Him,

and acknowledging

        His strength available to us.

"Great is the LORD!" is not

     an impervious, unfeeling reaction,

but a response that empowers us

   to see circumstances

          --and God Himself--

   with a new heart and eyes.)

O LORD,

You are great.

You are far greater than our struggles.

Help us to turn to You,

    not just in our thoughts,

    but verbally out loud,

to remind us of Your Presence

         and Your power.

Help us to not just say

       these words

but live these words out loud

    like we mean them.

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