God Is Not About To Abandon Us Now

 

....and I have been with you

wherever you have gone.

       1 Chronicles 17. 8

Past, present, future tense.

God is not about to

     abandon us now.

We can see, approach,

navigate, and accept

  our surroundings, 

  experiences,

  and circumstances

           differently,

not just because 

   we are believers,

but because

            God is here.

He guides and provides,

even though sometimes

we cannot realize that

  until the rearview mirror.

But we can trust Him

and go forth with courage.

I am with you. Do not be afraid.

O LORD,

As we go forth with You

   into this day,

full of Your wonders,

even in the hard stuff,

fill us with Your strength

  and fulfill Your plans 

  in whatever we face.

Help us to remember

  the chronicle of

       Your faithfulness

in our past,

in the now,

    and in the next.

Empower us to

   trust You in this.

Even in this,

    wherever,

    whatever,

    among whomever,

help us run with You.