But you,

        take courage!

Do not let

     your hands be weak,

for your work

          shall be rewarded.

              2 Chronicles 15. 7

(We can never know

how profoundly

        God is using us.

He generously gives us

   the strength

        to be faithful to Him.

Anxiety only distracts,

  sends us into the ditch,

and drains all the air

          out of our tires.)

O LORD,

Our time with You

         always bears fruit

in infinite ways,

in this day,

in our lives,

in the lives of those

          all around us.

We cannot read Your Word

   without being changed

   by You.

Nothing can ever

    remain the same

when we seek You,

    listen, respond,

    and follow You.

You multiply,

deepen,

strengthen,

enlarge our hearts and vision,

     and fulfill our work

               immeasurably.

Help us to know that courage

     is not the absence of fear

but relying on You.

Help us to

         not be distracted

  from Your strength

and from Your glory in this.

May we go forth

     and run in Your name.