Never Comes In Individual Servings

 

Redeem us

for the sake of

Your steadfast love.

            Psalm 44. 26

(Why do we always think

the hardship or the favor

     is just about us?

God is spreading

  His grace in unexpected places

  and in unlikely people.

It is not just what God

   is forming in us

   through this difficulty

           or benevolence,

but what is He forming

   in those around us,

drawing not just us

    but others to Him.

Redeeming never comes

  in individual servings.

What if this situation

  or our own struggle

  is about them?

God is already redeeming

          our suffering,

covered even now

by His name, steadfast love,

   and His indelible grace,

marks that

      cannot be removed.)

O LORD,

Thank You

that whatever we encounter,

or endure,

or experience,

is covered by Your steadfast love.

And for the sake

       of Your holy name.

You redeem even what

  we cannot comprehend.

Please make us aware

and responsive

   to those around us

to bring Your grace to them.

Even in this,

You are powerfully working,

restoring, and multiplying.

Not just for us.