Something We Would Not Have Chosen

 

Why did You

    ever send me?

         Exodus 5. 22

(Just because the task is hard

     and seems impossible to do

does not mean it is not

      entrenched

in the very center of God's will.

His purposes span

             across eternity.

We just cannot see them yet.

God does not empower us

to necessarily see ourselves

    --or these circumstances--

with new eyes and hearts,

but to realize even more

         who He is.

Why did He ever send us here?

       To be faithful.)

O LORD,

You know the difficulty

           that we are facing,

something that we

  would never have chosen

  or attempted,

           if not for You.

We pray that You will use us

   for spreading Your glory

   all over this adversity

and that You are redeeming it

for the good of many people.

Grant us the courage we need.

And help us

    to walk with You through it.