Then Samuel took a stone

         and set it up

   between Mizpah and Shen.

He named it Ebenezer,

saying,

"Thus far the LORD

      has helped us."

                 1 Samuel 7. 12

(Our path

should be lined with

stones of remembrance,

a chronicle of

  God's ongoing faithfulness.

God is not about

    to abandon us now.

If we knew God is in this,

    whatever it is,

    however it appears,

if God is in this with us,

would we be afraid?)

O LORD,

When we are confronted

    by the big hard impossible stuff,

may we remember

    not just how You brought us through

                           in the past,

  but that You walk with us now

        to a deeper intimacy with You.

Please help Your faithfulness

    be visible before us

and not fade

        in our myopic minds.

Thank You for Your Presence.

May our lives be a witness

    to others of Your great mercy

and the rocks that line our paths,

       both big and small,

remind us

        Who You are

    and You are with us,

each Ebenezer

   that we might rely on You.