The jar of flour

     was not spent,

neither did the jug of oil

          become empty...

         1 Kings 17. 16

(This is not the end of the road,

the bottom of the barrel,

the last drop of hope,

but the work of the LORD

    beyond our imagination,

    beyond what we can yet see.

This is not all there is

   --we can stake our lives on that.

Faithfulness follows God,

     not distracted by circumstances.)

O LORD,

We have seen nothing yet

    of what You can do.

The empty barrel only confirms

that our lives depend on you,

not on favorable situations,

or what we see as good,

           but on You.

Help us to faithfully follow You,

to be faithful in what is before us,

even when we cannot see

          the end of the matter.

Because with You, O LORD,

there is no end,

          but a continuing story.

You never work

         in singular dimensions.

Be glorified, dear LORD,

             even in this.