Tuesday, October 3, 2023

No Bootstraps Needed

 

...for the righteous falls
   seven times
             and rises again,
but the wicked stumble
   in times of calamity.

              Proverbs 24. 16

(God does not promise
      we will not trip,
   but He is still with us,
             even then.
We do not pick up ourselves
     by our own bootstraps,
  but God lifts us
       back on our feet
       and redeems our fall.
Others are constantly watching,
not to see if we are perfect,
but how we respond
           when life is not.
They yearn to know
    that God is real
and to see His mercy.)

O LORD,
Wherever You place us today,
in every opportunity,
   may our lives bring You glory,
even in unlikely situations
    and among unexpected people.
May we be found in You
  and live in such a way
that our choices and responses
    take others by surprise,
if not for You.
Bring Your joy
         even to the hard stuff.

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