Doing What We CAN Do

They were given

   the cities of refuge...

          1 Chronicles 6. 67

May we be ready

with sensitive hearts,

boatloads of compassion,

pantries full of forgiveness,

beds made,

doors unlocked and open,

watchful on the porch,

aware in our comings

           and goings

   in the familiar

   and the unexpected.

We can't do everything

    to solve big problems,

but we can do something.

And having done all,

      stand in the gap.

God changes the landscape

    through us.

God gave cities of refuge.

    God's people built them.

We can always do something

  as a first responder

or as a steadfast friend.

And change the world.

O LORD,

You don't just give us

      something to do.

You invite us into Your work.

May You find us faithful.

And may we not 

     despise a day of small things,

but do what we can do.

Because blessing others

     is never insignificant.

And shifts the tectonic plates

           of this world.

You always bring about

 what otherwise

 would not be possible.

And sometimes You use us

        to do those things

    and cover Your glory over it.