Knowing Redemption Is In This Somehow

 

Is anything too hard

       for the LORD?

At the appointed time....

         Genesis 18. 14

We stand right in the midst

   of God's divine appointments,

although we rarely see,

  realize or recognize them as such.

This struggle? This ongoing problem?

          This tangled mess?

But we are called to be faithful

  even when we don't see the endgame,

or understand this chaos,

or what appears as mundane

              random or unfruitful.

We have no idea what God

       will bring from it.

Nothing is too hard for Him.

     And thereby we can

     go forth differently into it.

And know that there is redemption

          in this somehow. 

O LORD,

Your Holy Word is full of stories

  with the most unexpected journeys.

Help us to trust You 

    in our own walk with You.

Nothing is beyond Your power

     or the fulfilling of Your purposes,

        even if we can't see it yet.

Grant us the strength

     to stake our lives

     on Your appointed times.

You redeem all things

         in one way or a million.