A Different Kind of Worship

 

...because in him

there was found something

pleasing to the LORD.

           1 Kings 14. 13

(May something be found

in us today

       pleasing to the LORD

--not just in what we do,

     or how we do it, or why,

but in our character, demeanor,

responses, attitude, fortitude,

kindness and grace,

forgiveness in the unexpected,

and to Whom we stake our lives.

Those choices emerge daily

   --what is pleasing to me

or pleasing to Him in this situation.

In all that we do and are  

    is an act of worship.

Our relationship with God is showing.)

O LORD,

As we abide in You,

we pray that You change

    the situation before us

  by changing our hearts.

Please help us

   to know how to respond

with a different heart

     to both the ordinary

     and the unanticipated.

May the works of our hands,

    our thoughts,

    even on what we dwell,

be a gift of joy to You.