A Different Response

 

They left the presence

           of the council,

rejoicing that they were

     counted worthy

to suffer dishonor

        for the Name.

        Acts 5. 41

(People are continually watching

   not to see that our lives

   are perfect,

but how we respond

            when it is not.

Is there really something different

about us because

              we are believers?

To not be defeated

         by mistreatment or injustice,

insults or contempt

but to approach it as an opportunity

   to bring the name of Jesus there.

And to be a witness to others

  wherever we are,

even when we are not aware of it.)

O LORD,

Provide us Your strength

    and the vision to see

and respond to the hard stuff

with a new heart.

Please use us

        for Your glory,

even in the most unlikely,

unsuspecting places,

a light in the darkness,

a bearer of Your name.