Carrying Us Through

 

Behold,

God is my helper.

The Lord is the upholder

       of my life.

            Psalm 54. 4

(Repeat this outloud

    ten times a day,

until this truth

    is engraved in our hearts.

God will not just

       get us through this.

God is helping us.

God has a strong hold.

             He upholds.

These are words of love

  and personal relationship,

about One who cares deeply

  and carries us through,

not a cute wishful saying,

  but a promise to be grasped.

In Hebrew, upholder translates:

   the sustainer of my soul,

 Who comes alongside

      to lean upon.)

O LORD,

Whatever our task,

whatever lies before us,

we are not alone in this.

You are with us,

    upholding,

    sustaining,

    helping us.

One of Your names is

    Jehovah-Shammah,

the Lord who is right here.

Carry us through.