And stand 

    in the Holy Place...

       2 Chronicles 35. 5

(There are no ordinary places,

     nor where God is not,

but only sacred ground,

   right where we are today,

       to bring His glory there.

Stand with Him,

walk with Him,

seek out His Presence

        (already there!),

and be faithful to Him,

wherever,

among whomever,

in whatever He puts

           on our paths,

in whatever He places

           on our hearts,

   great and small,

even off trail,

even in what 

        we don’t yet understand.)

O LORD,

It is all sacred ground 

   where we walk with You.

They are all divine appointments, 

       not interruptions,

but strategic encounters,

even those unexpected,

maybe especially those

          not on our schedule,

          or agenda,

          or we even like.

May our liking

    be firm in Your likeness.

Help us to be faithful to You

       in the favorable,

       the different 

             and the difficult.

Your outcomes and glory

    are never singular,

but far beyond our understanding 

     and exceedingly beyond 

         the course of our lives.