Only be very careful

to observe the commandment

and the law that Moses

the servant of the LORD

         commanded you:

to love the LORD your God,

and to walk

         in all His ways

and to keep His commandments,

and to cling to Him

and to serve Him

    with all your heart

    and with all your soul.

                   Joshua 22. 5

(Only be very careful,

these things will radically alter

    the condition of my heart,

    the rationale of my choices,

    the evidence of my actions,

    the very trajectory of my life.

To love, walk, keep, cling, serve

   reflect a deep abiding love,

   not an impersonal adherence

                   to a religion,

but the intimacy

          of a personal relationship).

O LORD,

Help us to be very careful

          in following You.

Help us to be very aware

          of Your Presence

   with us and all around us.

May our love for You

    be reflected in all we do,

    and choose,

    and how we live out this day,

even in the unexpected

      unlikely,

      and the hard stuff.