What We Bring, What We Leave Behind

 

...and you will be My witnesses

in Jerusalem

and in all Judea and Samaria,

and to the end of the earth.

                   Acts 1. 8

(Whether in common spaces

    or the unfamiliar,

wherever God guides

     or places us today,

whatever odd location,

impossible situation,

crisis,

among those who know Him

               or don't,

God has appointed us

to bring the name of Jesus there

   and live out the good news

   of the gospel.

Even in

   the most unlikely circumstances,

   our hearts are evident.

We can be a witness there.

Others are desperately watching,

not to see if we are perfect,

but to know that God is real.

  And that He has changed us.)

O LORD,

Please help us to be aware

that the one thing we can bring

      or leave behind today

   is to be a witness

   of Your love and grace.

Open our eyes

   to the opportunities

   all around us.

Enlarge our hearts

   to embrace the hard stuff.

Assure us of Your Presence.

We bear witness

       and point others to You,

   but You do the heavy lifting

of changing hearts.