Choosing The High Road

 

It may be that the LORD

will look on the wrong

           done to me,

and that the LORD

  will repay me with good

for this cursing today.

          2 Samuel 16. 12

(We have the strength,

courage, and grace

to respond differently

to hurtful situations

when we trust God through it.

Anger only digs

     the barbs deeper.

What if we see instead

 this difficulty, pain, wound 

or even irritation as building

      Christlikeness in us?

We are not impervious to hurt,

but are able to respond differently.

God redeems for eternity

the most unusual, unlikely

and unexpected for our good

          and for His glory.)

O LORD,

Help us to realize

Your interventions

      draw us closer to You.

Grant to us a shield of grace

to bring Your peace

           and Your name here.

Empower us

   to respond differently

by choosing the high road

    for Your honor

and the well-being of many,

   extending an olive branch

   for Your goodness sake.