I am one of those

who are peaceable

and faithful in Israel.

           2 Samuel 20. 19

(What is

      God's way in this?

Bring grace to the table.

Seek peace.

Be faithful to God

      in unexpected places

      and on unlikely paths.

God has strategically

            placed us

in His name,

for His kingdom,

        for His glory.)

O LORD,

There is nothing random

                 in this place,

                 in this situation,

                 in Your timing.

Grant me the courage

      to follow You into this,

Your heart

      to see Your way,

and to be a witness

    right here,

    right now,

in the familiar

         and the foreign,

unlikely and unexpected.

Help me to bear Your name

         into the wild.