Not Alone. Not Without Me.

 

He rebuked the Red Sea,

and it became dry,

and He led them

   through the deep

   as though a desert.

So He saved them

from the hand of the foe

and redeemed them

  from the power 

              of the enemy.

           Psalm 106. 9-10

We all have impossible

   Red Seas in our lives.

How in the world can I 

         face this?

God says, Not alone.

      Not without Me.

In His steadfast love,

God uses it to bring us

    closer to Him.

What does it take for us

  to realize God is God

              and we are not?

Standing on the shore,

 we are not left on our own.

Through the deep

        and through the desert,

God redeems us from foes

  we don't even know about.

God says, Walk with Me

             through this,

one step and then another.

O LORD,

You alone bring us through

  the impossible things

            in our lives,

drawing us ever closer to You.

Help us to be ever mindful

  of what You are forming in us

       through this situation.

Grant to us the courage

   to trust You,

   step out where we 

     cannot even touch bottom,

and swim, if necessary.

You bring us through

  to a deeper place in You

and a distant shore

     we cannot yet see.