God Does Not Just Show Up

 

Peace I leave with you.

My peace I give to you.

Not as the world gives

     do I give to you.

Let not your hearts

        be troubled,

neither let them be afraid.

             John 14. 27

(Peace from God does not

mean an absence of conflict,

but the promise of His Presence

       right in the thick of things.

That kind of peace

does not depend on 

shifting circumstances,

but learning to trust God.

God does not just show up.

He shows us a new way through.)

O LORD,

We live in a broken world

   with pain and suffering.

We need Your peace

   to sustain us

   in this really hard stuff.

Sing over us

   Your steadfast love.

Cover us with Your mercy

  in unexpected ways.

May we be strengthened

     by Your abiding.

Your aroma lingers.

Your Presence evident.