With God

   we shall do valiantly;

it is He

     who will tread down

     our foes.

               Psalm 60. 12

(God does not promise

   success in every venture,

but His faithfulness

   when we run with Him.

Trusting Him always takes us

            to a deeper place.)

O Father God,

You know

what daunting things

     we are facing,

what impossible people

     we live and work among.

And You know

   how You are redeeming this,

even as we pray

         and walk with you

    through our fears,

         both real and imagined.

Your glory is not just

           in a favorable outcome,

but sometimes even more

    in our journey with You,

 right through the fray.