Gracious words

are like a honeycomb,

sweetness to the soul

and health to the body.

           Proverbs 16. 24

(Not focused on

what grace and goodness

                 we receive,

but what we continually

    and generously give.

If we are known as HIs,

  our lives should ooze with grace.

Knowing Him,

we can't help but live

                 very differently,

respond to circumstances

                 very differently,

love others very differently,

think, feel, speak, act

    with a heart changed by Him.

Others are continually watching,

not to see that our lives

                  are perfect,

     that we are successful,

     kids are well behaved,

     that all goes well,

but to see that God is real

  when life doesn't go so great.

Are our lives any different

            in the midst of chaos,

do we respond any differently

    when life is really hard?

It is not a matter

of getting to the place

         where nothing shakes you,

but everything triggers

         the glory of God.)

O LORD,

We come to You

in the midst of a very broken world.

Please help us to wake up

      and bring the gospel.

We cannot help but speak

    of Your love and grace,

    forgiveness and mercy.

We cannot help but act

    differently

    because we are Yours.

You have changed our lives.

We cannot do everything,

   but we can do something.

Help us to follow Your steps

    into Your purposes

              for this day.

We can never know

   where Your glory shows up.