Out of the depths

    I cry to You,

          O LORD!

          Psalm 130. 1

(Seeking the LORD

   may not change

       my circumstances,

but changes my heart

          right in the midst.

First response

    determines my path

    and my direction.

Is my default to

       trust the LORD

or to panic first?)

O LORD,

In the depths,

   You lead me through

      into Your purposes.

You never promised

   life would be easy,

but that You are with me.

And that changes

     everything,

even my heart.

Guide me, O LORD,

   through the brambles,

   through the hard places,

even when I cannot see

   but yet the next step.

Grant me the courage

            to follow You

      even in this,

for Your glory.