Even in the Scary Stuff

 

Though an army

  encamp against me,

my heart shall not fear;

though war arise

                against me,

yet I will be confident.

          Psalm 27. 3

(Yet,

even in these hard

   and scary situations,

   we are not alone.

We can trust Him

in the midst of the volatile

            and overwhelming,

      even in this.

God is not just with us

      in the blue skies,

but all the way through

  the storms and struggles.

Trusting God is layered

     in the everydays,

in our patterns,

in our first responses,

equipped, trained

   and practiced

when it does not seem to matter.

So that we know Him,

        and know to trust Him,

when it is a split-second

   matter of life and death.

Trust Me in this.

             Even in this.) 

O LORD,

Please walk us through

   these hard places

with Your strength.

Surround us

   in the overwhelming

that we would bring You glory

  in impossible circumstances.

You have strategically

       positioned us

  for Your purposes.

Help us to see this situation

         with Your heart,

to grasp Your vision

and to be Your hands and feet.

Cast out our fear

  and fill us with trust

that we would walk differently

      with You in this.