Recite, Repeat, and Run With Jesus

...to walk in a manner

        worthy of the Lord,

fully pleasing to Him,

bearing fruit in every good work,

and increasing in the

          knowledge of God.

               Colossians 1. 10

This is how we make it through.

This is how God gets us through.

Head, heart, hands, feet,

            and soul.

In everything we do and say,

  may we focus on You,

and work out over and over

  our faithfulness in real time.

Recite, repeat,

     and run with Jesus.

I have prayed this verse 

  for our family

  nearly every day for a long time.

O LORD,

Help us to manifest 

     Your words

and witness to others

        with our very lives.

Grant us Your strength

   and courage and grit

to follow You like that, 

fully pleasing to You

  and bearing fruit

  we may never even see.