And they said to him,

“If you will be 

   a servant to the people today

   and serve them,

and speak good words to them

      when you answer them,

they will be 

       your servants forever.”

                1 Kings 12. 7

(Make it a conversation 

      not a confrontation.

Kindness, gentleness and grace

    always produce 

            a far different outcome.

Take the higher road,

choose a different path,

follow an unexpected way

       that honors the LORD.

Walking with the LORD in this

              changes everything,

     not just our direction,

     our course,

     our hearts,

but impacts more people 

    than we will ever realize.)

O LORD,

We don’t know what to do,

  but our eyes are on You.

Help us to be faithful to You

     whatever the situation today,

     despite what comes before us,

no matter our feelings,

        but to be honoring to You.

Show us Your higher way

   and give us the courage 

               to follow You.

To respond

           and not react,

above all

   to bring You glory

               and not to ourselves.

There are a lot deeper things

                         going on,

      more eternal matters 

                         at stake

than appear on the surface.

Align our hearts with Yours.