No Matter Where We Are

 

And the name of the city

from that time on shall be,

The LORD Is There. 

            Ezekiel 48. 35

At the end of a long book

of suffering and affliction

and the consequences of 

      wrongdoing,

The LORD Is There

is written in all capital letters.

Look around.

Seek God.

Bless and serve Him.

Because wherever we are,

in whatever circumstances 

       God has placed us,

we can know

    The LORD Is Here.

And live differently

  because of that reality.

O LORD,

May we not be stuck on

why in the world

         am I here?

But to be faithful to You

  right where we are.

You are with us.

You sustain us.

We are not in this place

     on our own or randomly.

You have written Your Presence

   in all capital letters.

Help us not just to know that

    but live that way today,

even in the divine appointments

we don't yet recognize.

Find us faithful here.

Even here.