Help Wanted

 

Our help is in

   the name of the LORD,

who made heaven

           and earth.

        Psalm 124. 8

(It doesn't get

  any better than that.

I once repeated this verse

           over and over again

  in the really hard miles

  of a very cold marathon.

God didn't take away

                the pain

   or make the miles shorter,

but He led me through it

to a new place in my heart.

Speaking His truth out loud

  liberated my heart

to see things differently,

trust Him in it,

and pray through it,

not seeking an exit door

   nor a self-defined answer,

but seeking Him.)

O LORD,

In our time of need

at the sound of our cry,

You do not show up.

You are already here.

Help us to realize that.

You are Creator

      of the universe.

And while this situation,

    overwhelming to us,

it is not too hard for You.

Open our eyes

        and our hearts

to Your Presence

   in our time of need.