Be strong and courageous.

Do not fear

or be in dread of them,

for it is the LORD your God

      who goes with you.

He will not leave you

          or forsake you.

          Deuteronomy 31. 6

("Follow Me into this.

       I am with you."

What does that look like

in this situation?)

Help us, O LORD,

to let go of fear

that we may know

that You hold us fast.

You are not about to

leave us on

    the side of the highway,

nor did we

     make a wrong turn,

but You reveal and redeem

a different way in this.

For Your glory

    and for the good of all.