Carries Us Through

 

Do not be in dread

     or afraid of them...

The LORD your God

   who goes before you...

in the wilderness

  where you have seen

how the LORD your God

             carried you,

as a man carries his son,

all the way that you went

   until you come to this place.

          Deuteronomy 1. 29-31

(Every day is a story

         His faithfulness,

  still unfolding

  and being revealed,

past, present and future.

We just can't see that far.

       But He can.

Fear shakes its fist at us,

   anxiety tries to trip us up.

But God has already been there

    and back again,

preparing our way

and equipping our hearts.

He goes before us.

He does not just

            walk with us.

God carries us through.

Stay with Me.

  Don't get ahead

         or dread.)

O LORD,

We face great shadows

    of the unknown.

Please help us to not be

   paralyzed by the what if's,

but energized by what is,

     and that would be You.

You lift us up

     out of our turmoil,

You bear us continually, 

support, sustain,

and bring us through,

strengthened in You.

Help us to navigate this difficulty

         differently,

remembering how You embraced us

           in the past  

and carry us now as Your beloved.

We are not alone in this.

     Never have been.