You shall love

   the LORD your God

with all your heart

and with all your soul

and with all your might.

          Deuteronomy 6. 5

(Everything I need

   to do today,

every which way I can.

Even in this.

Loving God is not just

       a prominent place,

       but preeminent.)

O LORD God Almighty,

may we as Your people 

be distinguished

   by our love and faithfulness

            to You alone

and changed by Your love

                 for us.

Help us in all that we do today

  to love you fully

  and honor You in hard places

         and in ambushes along the path.

Reveal Your way in this,

    marked by love for You

    and for those around us,

even the unexpected,

even those tough to love.