But the saints of the Most High

shall receive the kingdom

and possess the kingdom

          forever,

          forever and ever.

               Daniel 7. 18

(God's Kingdom is

not just that which is

            yet to come,

but what is now,

the flourishing

       of the Gospel

in what we hear,

we see with our eyes,

we look upon

           day after day,

and touch with our hands.

His Kingdom is not just next,

           but now.

What are we looking toward,

praying toward,

working toward,

loving others toward,

pointing,

seeking,

and nurturing in our lives

  and the lives of others?

The Kingdom is

    being planted by His Word

and tiny seeds of His grace

  wherever we can sow.

The Gospel is made manifest

              in our lives,

not as a statement of beliefs

              or worldview,

but through

  our own personal story

  woven into His,

and with the name of Jesus

  written all over it.)

O LORD,

Help us to tend

to our little corner of

   Your kingdom

where You have placed us.

Even in barren soil,

  You alter the landscape.

Even in the wilderness,

  You bring Your glory.

Even in gloomy days

    of great hardship,

  or filled with what

  we see as just ordinary,

You are already working

mightily before us.

Align our hearts to Yours,

               O LORD.

Be our vision

            into this day.

When Daniel knew that

the document had been signed,

he went to his house

   where he had windows

   in his upper chamber

   open toward Jerusalem.

He got down on his knees

  three times a day

and prayed

and gave thanks before His God,

   as he had done previously.

                   Daniel 6. 10

(Not out of defiance

           but faithfulness,

not just a habit

  but the course of his life,

not out of fear

         but his strength.

It was not just what we do,

  but what it does to us,

not impervious to circumstances,

   but responsive to God.

Trusting God

   is not just a reaction to crisis,

but a way of life.

Trusting God always leads

to a far different outcome

and impacts generations

                 yet unborn.)

O LORD,

Thank You for Daniel's story

     of faithfulness

   that impacts our very lives

thousands of years later.

Help us to be

     not fearful of circumstances

     but faithful to You

    even in the every days,

that we would already know

   You walk with us

            in the crisis.

You who saved Daniel

      out of the den of lions,

You are the same God

     who loves us too

     and abides in us.

Help us to know

what trusting You looks like

  in this situation,

in these relationships,

in how we work,

in what we do,

and in how

   we practice grace and love.

May our love for You

     distinguish us.

You are the God who is near,

   and nothing but nothing

   changes that.

 

Whoever works his land

will have plenty of bread,

but he who follows

        worthless pursuits

will have plenty of poverty.

A faithful man

  will abound with blessings...

           Proverbs 28. 19-20

(What is a worthless pursuit

                         today?

What is an act of faithfulness?

Am I working the land

   that God has given me

to bear fruit

   in nourishing others now

and even more

         beyond my lifetime?

God always bears fruit

       through faithfulness,

even if we never see

          or understand.

God redeems

         in countless ways

   of which we are unaware.)

O LORD,

You have given each one of us

      a corner of Your Kingdom

to plant and cultivate

             and nourish.

Help us to be faithful to You

       in this day

even when it appears

           nothing is happening.

Because You, Almighty One,

   are already working

      Your glory into this.

There are no mundane tasks

       or ordinary days,

only Your divine,

   deeply rooted purposes,

most of which are far beyond

                our grasp.

 

O give thanks to the LORD,

      for He is good;

for His steadfast love

             endures forever!

          Psalm 118. 1

(This is the most repeated

   refrain in the Psalms.

Recite,

repeat,

repeat again and again,

engraving these truths

   into our hearts.

It is truly the song

      that never ends.

We are thankful,

but are we thankful to God?

Are we thankful for God?

God does not just do good.

      God is good.

His steadfast love

            endures forever,

even in what

    we don't yet understand.)

Happy Thanksgiving,

    even in this strange season,

God is good.

O LORD,

You are good.

You are so good to us.

May even our thanks

    and praises we sing

point our hearts ever

                  to You.

We can stake our lives

    on Your steadfast love.

May we bear Your love

    and bring Your Name

into impossible places,

that we would know You more

  and be distinguished

  by Your love through us.

 

Have no fear of them,

nor be troubled,

but in your hearts

  honor Christ the Lord

              as holy,

always be prepared

to make a defense

to anyone who asks you

for a reason

for the hope that is in you;

yet do it with

   gentleness and respect.

           1 Peter 3. 14-15

(When we set our hearts

      to honor Christ,

even in places

  latent with fear and trouble,

a hope that cannot be

           explained away

will be tangibly obvious

in the most unexpected ways

   --in how we respond,

         our attitudes,

   and even on our faces.

Always be prepared

to make a defense,

   not by memorizing

   scripted answers,

but by practicing grace.

How do I approach this

       --or them--

differently because

        I am a believer?

Hope in Christ,

  is not wishful thinking

but that on which

      we can stake our lives.)

O LORD,

May Your Presence

   be evident

by our actions

      and reactions,

a deep love for You

    and by love of neighbor,

stranger,

even those who

        have wronged us

    or who don't know You.

Help us to pray continually,

live faithfully,

love well,

and practice grace

            over and over.

Help us to bear daily witness

    to Your glory.

Help us to be aware of that.

 

Their leaves will not wither,

nor their fruit fail,

but they will

bear fresh fruit every month,

because the water for them

flows from the sanctuary.

Their fruit will be for food,

and their leaves

              for healing.

            Ezekiel 47. 12

(This is how

our lives should be

for the well being and

sustenance of others,

for beauty,

for the bearing of

           fresh fruit

     of every kind,

for healing,

and for His glory

  wherever we are planted.

We are nourished

  and continually filled

  by the flowing of the Spirit,

the living water

         from the sanctuary.

Our lives

  should look very very

                different,

bearing fruit

       even in drought,

even in unexpected places.)

O LORD,

Fill us by Your Spirit,

sustain us by Your Word

     Your Strength,

and Your victory

even in the unexplainable,

even in what

    we cannot yet know.

Help us to bless others

       in some way today

that points them to You.

Help us to bless You

   in whatever we do

   and how we do it.

May You bear fruit

  through our lives.

  

 

 So put away all malice

and all deceit

and hypocrisy 

and envy

and all slander.

         1 Peter 2. 1

(We have the freedom

    to walk away from them,

to live without them,

to live differently,

and practice grace

              even in this.

Set these things

        out on the curb,

no longer wanted,

no longer needed,

     and live forgiven.

Carry instead 

  what makes for peace.

What are we

     bringing to the table?)

O LORD,

Wash over us,

sing over us Your grace,

teach us a new song

     with words of grace

         and healing

      and reconciliation.

Help us to

          not be distracted,

help us to not miss out

  on Your thriving in this

which is not limited 

                to us

but overflow 

    with Your goodness 

    for others.

May we be known

       by our love for You.

I have chosen

the way of faithfulness,

I set Your rules

              before me,

I cling to

      Your testimonies,

                  O LORD;

      let me not be

             put to shame!

I will run in the way

   of Your commandments

when You

          enlarge my heart.

            Psalm 119. 30-32

(What I choose,

what I set before me,

what I cling to,

all determine

      how I will run

      and what I will love.

Love God.

Love others.

Time with God

     enlarges our hearts.

Time with God

     is never wasted.

"Run with Me.")

O LORD,

Help us to choose Your ways,

to set our minds on You,

to align our hearts

                   with Yours,

to cling to You

  when everything tries

  to distract and

             pull us away.

Help us to not be defeated

        by circumstances

but instead,

             to grow in You.

Enlarge Your vision in us,

enlarge our strength in You,

       even in this difficulty.

Help us to go forth

           in Your name,

           for Your glory,

to run with You,

and love everyone we can

     right into Your Kingdom.

 

How can a young man

     keep his way pure?

By guarding it

   according to Your Word.

...I have stored up

   Your Word in my heart,

that I might not

             sin against You.

...I will meditate

         on Your precepts

and fix my eyes

         on Your ways.

     Psalm 119. 9, 11, 15

(We don't just

        read God's Word,

  but we are being changed

        in radical ways.

Every time we open His Word,

it changes us

    and everyone around us.

And when we don't,

   we are the ones

          missing out

   on what could have been.

God's Word guards us

     and alters

       the course of our lives

       more than we know.)

O LORD,

Thank You for Your Word

that we can know You

     and know You more.

Help us not just to read it,

    but ponder

    and abide in it.

Rise up in us Your Word

   throughout our day

to fix our eyes upon You

   to respond to circumstances,

   not be defeated by them.

Your Word put us back

     on the path of Your glory

     in this situation before us.

It is not in our reading

  but Your doing through it.

We are being changed

     by what we read,

     by what we now see,

     by how we respond,

     by how we love You

                 even more,

                 ever more.

  

 

He said to me,

"This is the table

   that is before the LORD."

         Ezekiel 41. 22

(This is the break of

            a new day,

  an altar before the LORD.

Did it even occur to me

   to pray over it first

   before I launch into it?

To weave into these hours

         Coram Deo,

  before the face of God?

Our day is not offered to Him

        as a sacrifice,

but received from Him

       as a blessing,

an opportunity to

     both serve and abide,

even in what we

           do not understand.)

O LORD,

We come before You,

not just with

       our self-made plans

and ideas of what

           You should do,

but we hand over our hearts

   that Your Spirit

   would pour over us,

infiltrate,

infect,

marinate away our hardness,

change us from

           the inside out.

Help us to not leave undone

   what would be pleasing

              in Your sight.

May our love for You

  define what we do and say

and how we seek

     to love others today

     in unexpected ways.

Help us to not leave empty

    the table before You,

help us to not leave

     You just standing there.

 

Look with your eyes

and hear with your ears,

and set your heart upon all

   that I will show you,

for you were brought here

in order that

I might show it to you.

             Ezekiel 40. 4

(God has strategically placed

      each one of us

in space and time

        and experience

that we would know Him more

and in ways that we could not

    realize in any other situation.

God is continually

     revealing Himself to us,

pouring His Spirit over us,

His purposes abiding deeper than

  we can ever grasp.

And He is using us

   for His glory

  in innumerable lives.)

O LORD,

Your fruitfulness in us

is seamlessly woven

with purpose and beauty

    and excellence.

Help us to seek You

    in this particular situation,

to complete Your purposes,

to bring the name of Jesus here,

to work out of love,

and to be faithful to You.

May what we see and hear

and set our hearts upon this day

     bring You honor.

Your steadfast love

       endures forever.

Even in this.

     

 

For judgment is without mercy

to one who has

   shown no mercy.

Mercy triumphs

       over judgment.

        James 2. 13

(Hands down.

Every time.

Even in this.

Am I choosing to judge,

to be critical,

to be unloving,

or even to have a

           bad attitude?

Or choosing

  to practice grace in this?

Not just playing nice,

but living as those

  who know what

        mercy does.

This is not

   the season for giving.

This is the time

        for forgiving.

What am I bringing

      to the table?)

O LORD,

Help us to realize

that bearing mercy

into a difficult situation

or impossible relationship,

always changes it,

sometimes in eternal ways

     we are unaware.

Mercy is always

          what to do.

The blessing, O LORD,

comes not from our mercy

      but from Yours,

not as a prize or the result,

     but in the actual doing.

We miss that.

Help us to point

   not to others' faults,

but to

    the scandalous hope

    that is in us.

 

If any of you lacks wisdom,

let him ask God,

who gives generously

    to all without reproach,

and it will be given him.

           James 1. 5

(Did it even occur to me

   to ask God about this?

Not to tell Him

    what to do

    and how to do it

    and when,

but to seek Him in it?

Asking God for wisdom

in what to see,

how to respond,

what to pursue,

how to love.

We can trust Him,

   not for particular answers

   of our own making,

but for who He is.

We can trust Him

  even before we

      know the outcome

  and walk with Him

     through it.

God never works

   in singular outcomes.)

O LORD,

We come to You

   for Your wisdom in this,

not in what is

       an obvious choice,

but what is from You.

Help us to see this situation

          differently

in Your Name,

for Your Kingdom,

for Your glory.

Help us to not just be

     willing to ask You,

but to follow You,

even right where we are,

even in the hard stuff,

to bring us into

    a closer intimacy with You.

 

For here we have

     no lasting city,

but we seek the city

    that is to come.

        Hebrews 13. 14

(Am I seeking the flourishing

    of the square footage

    where God has placed me?

Am I seeking God's kingdom

    in this barren place,

    in these relationships,

    in this difficult situation?

Am I living

        in light of eternity?

Planting big trees,

praying continually,

living faithfully,

loving well,

and practicing grace

     over and over again?

Inscribing our own names

   on this effort,

   on this struggle,

   on this very day,

or bringing

   the name of Jesus here?)

O LORD,

Be Thou our vision

  into this day,

that we would not

    just see Your hand,

but seek You

  in what You have placed

            before us,

not to seek Your blessing,

    but to bless You

    and each one around us.

And to remember all is sacred,

all is eternal,

and faithfulness

  always bears fruit.

Help us not lay our day

               before You,

but be fully aware

  and responsive as You lay

     Your day before us.

         

 

Therefore,

lift your drooping hands

and strengthen

     your weak knees,

and make straight paths

            for your feet,

so that what is lame

may not be put

       out of joint

but rather be healed.

Strive for peace

         with everyone...

       Hebrews 12. 12-14

(For what are we striving?

Or are we just

         sitting here,

complacent and griping

   about circumstances?

Some things are out of our control,

  but how much more

  are we are just complaining about?

We are strengthened

        and encouraged

by means of seeking God

         and His ways through it,

His paths even in the hard stuff,

    off trail,

and through what

          we don't understand.

Trusting God is always active,

    never missing out,

but an incredible enlarging

  that impacts innumerable people.

We are not defeated,

   but trained, strengthened

                    and healed.)

O LORD,

Grant to us Your strength,

Your endurance,

Your stamina,

Your vision in the hard stuff

  and striving even on the

  most ordinary days,

because that is what

    faithfulness looks like.

We are not between

    a rock and a hard place,

but in the midst of blessing

  of which we cannot

                      yet see.

Strengthen us, O LORD,

not just for what is next,

   but for what is now.

Align our hearts with Yours

as we strive for peace

         and Your healing

      in the broken places.

          

 

 

...but He disciplines us

           for our good,

that we may share

     His holiness.

         Hebrews 12. 10

(This hard situation,

rocky path,

uphill struggle,

heavy weights,

long enduring run

  is not punishment

        but training

  for what is to come

that we may

       not just survive

  but able to be used

           by God

  in the lives of others

       to give them hope

       and His strength.

It is not meanness

               on His part,

(that is not in His nature),

   but His steadfast love,

not leaving us to struggle

    with our sin

  but transforming us,

making us strong

        out of our weakness,

that we may know Him more

  and thereby

           make Him known.

God is working

   His mighty work in us

   today even in this.

For His Kingdom.

For His Glory.

In, through and out of

     His incredible love

                      for us.)

O LORD,

We have seen too much

to question You in this.

Help us to follow You

and honor You,

even in what

    we cannot understand.

You are strengthening us

       not just for our good,

but for Your incredible good

       in this world.

Help us to see

      something different,

           which is You.

Help us to know

      something eternal

    beyond our vision.

This struggle may be hard

  but we can trust You

for what we cannot yet

                 even imagine.

 

By faith

the people crossed

         the Red Sea

as on dry land...

      Hebrews 11. 29

(What in the world

is this

   impossible situation,

this unexpected road block,

this cliffhanger

          before me?

My grandmother used to say:

"Sometimes you just

  have to trust the LORD

  about it."

We learn to trust Him

in the little steps,

in incremental ways

on the most ordinary days,

so that

when suddenly we stand

on the shores of the sea,

we know already how

  to follow Him into it.

We are not just enduring

      random difficulties.

We are being

      trained by God

for tremendous good,

   and not just our own.)

O LORD,

Grant us the courage

to get our feet wet.

Help us to trust You

  and not our own

  ideas about it.

Keep us from getting

            in the way

   of what You are doing.

May we be faithful to You

      above all things.

And help us to know

that others are watching

not how well we swim

              or tread water,

   but if we trust You.

Our greatest joy

hope and strength

   is abiding in

the vast expanse

             and reality

of Your steadfast love.

 

And the people said to me,

"Will you not tell us what

these things mean for us,

that you are acting thus?"

Then I said to them,

"The word of the LORD

      came to me..."

              Ezekiel 24. 19-20

(When God's Word is embedded

in our hearts,

our lives cannot help

         but look different,

responding unexpectedly

  to what we experience

  and to those who

            surround us.

Live in such a way

   that God is honored

and that others are compelled

          to ask why.

The world around us

  is desperately watching

 to see any difference in us,

           to see if God is real,

not that our lives are perfect,

but how we respond

       when our lives are not.

"It is not I who live,

   but Christ who lives in me."

            Galatians 2. 20)

O LORD,

We have no idea

what we are doing.

We have no idea

what You are doing.

But we can be assured

  that You are working,

in us and through us,

seamlessly weaving

  the invisible into the visible.

We have only

    to be faithful to you.

May we realize

      Your Presence with us.

May our lives

     not get in the way

     of pointing others

       right to You. 

 

 

But we are not of those

who shrink back

    and are destroyed,

but of those

    who have faith

and preserve their souls.

            Hebrews 10. 39

(Be one of the faithful ones

in the breaches,

and gaps,

behind the scenes

   to keep things going,

in the desolate places

  and among the dismayed,

holding out God's grace

               and healing

               and hope.

Not the wishful thinking

        kind of hope,

but hope in God's Word,

  that on which

  we can stake our lives.

Hope in Christ

is not the glorious end

            of the story,

but His glory

        seamlessly woven

    even in the journey.

This life is not all

                 there is.)

O LORD,

May we bear Your Name

    into this situation,

bringing Your love and grace

   and forgiveness.

Help us to seek the welfare

        of all those around us

     that they may see You.

Help us to approach

   with healing and joy

          the difficulties,

          the hard places,

          the difficult people

    of whom we are one.

Help us to see need,

    visible and invisible,

  and know how to respond,

and through the journey,

  come to know You more.

 

...and Aaron's staff

       that budded...

            Hebrews 9. 4

(Remembering God's

 supernatural interventions,

those incredible moments

  that cannot be

          explained away,

most of which,

   on a daily basis,

we are not aware

    or acknowledge.

We can stake our lives

   on His faithfulness,

not just in time of crisis

       or dire need,

but right where we are

  in everyday moments.

Even when what we see

          as ordinary

always proves to be

extraordinary

        in God's narrative.

Nothing wasted,

nothing random,

nothing insignificant.

One day

   we will grasp that.

In the meantime,

  we miss out

  because we don't.)

O LORD,

Engrave on our hearts

the reality of

    Your goodness,

    Your steadfast love,

    Your grace,

    Your provision

      in times of need

and even in abundance.

Thank You

   for the tangible signs

that remind us

  of Your Presence.

Remind us

 that You are with us,

help us to go forth

   confident in You,

even in mystery,

when we do not

       understand yet.

And O LORD,

  encourage us

  along the way.

For I will be merciful

  toward their iniquities,

and I will remember

  their sins no more.

            Hebrews 8. 12

            Jeremiah 31. 34

 

(These words of God

are our template in how

   to treat others,

    embedded in how

   God has forgiven us.

Forgiveness is how

   we fellow sinners

        love each other,

the deepest kind of love.

God's forgiveness

  brings us back into

  relationship with Him.

Our asking for mercy

   and extending

          it to others

  opens up a new dimension

  of relationship with others.

God's forgiveness toward us

  is intended as the beginning

            of a chain reaction.

Grace cannot help

         but spill over

  and change the world

from generation

           to generation.)

O LORD,

Have mercy on us!

And help us to have mercy

      on those around us,

loving them

          as You have loved us.

Grant to us heart surgery

  that mercy might flow

           through us

    and into the lives of others.

We want to be faithful to You

          in all we do

          and all we are.

We are accepted by You,

we belong to You,

we are beloved.

Help us to translate that

      into tangible mercy.

  

 

O give thanks to the LORD,

for He is good,

for His steadfast love

         endures forever.

           Psalm 106. 1

(What is my response

  to this day ahead of me?

What is my reflection

  at the end of the day?

When we carry these words

          with us,

    engraved on our hearts

    marinating our words,

    and infiltrating our deeds,

they become our default,

our response,

our refrain,

and the reality

  that alters how we see God,

how we see others,

how we see ourselves,

how we respond to circumstances,

     nothing random at all

but saturated with His love,

even that which

      we cannot understand

                                 yet.)

 

O LORD,

We come to You

    with grateful hearts,

even in mystery

            or hard places

    or abundance

    that cannot be explained.

Your goodness is

      not just an adjective,

but a noun,

   because You are good.

Your steadfast love

          surrounds us.

Your mercies

   are fresh every morning

and tuck us in

          every night.

 

You have not gone up

     into the breaches,

or built up a wall

  for the house of Israel,

that it might stand

in battle

in the day of the LORD.

             Ezekiel 13. 5

(Our attention should not

be focused on what

others have

      or have not done..

But have we been faithful,

responsive to the needs

               around us,

bringing the name of Jesus

                      there,

standing at our posts

  where God has placed us,

building up our part of the wall

    and our corner

             of His Kingdom,

sowing His Word,

   loving God and others

    in our section of the field?

We are loved by Him.

We are called to Him.

We are sent for His glory,

           even here,

           even in this.)

 

O LORD,

We have left unattended

what You have commissioned,

and what You have designed

for the restoration

         of this world.

We are quite a bit

  overwhelmed by the mess.

Help us to be faithful to You,

        even today,

        even in this.

Not distracted by anything

  that pulls us away

  or stands in the way

of our relationship with You.

You provide a passage

         through the impossible

in ways that cannot

be easily explained away

                by our fictions.

Help us not miss

  the glimpses of Your glory

                  today

by standing at our posts

and being faithful to You

           in all we do.

 

And I will give them one heart,

and a new spirit

   I will put within them.

I will remove

          the heart of stone

          from their flesh

and give them

          a heart of flesh,

that they may walk

         in My statutes

and keep My rules

   and obey them.

And they shall be

            My people,

and I will be their God.

     Ezekiel 11. 19-20

(God is still in the business

      of heart transplants.

Not behavior modification,

  but a new heart.

When we see God differently,

we see others differently,

we see situations differently,

we see ourselves differently.

A new heart empowers us

    to respond with love

and to persevere

   through the tough stuff

with His grace, strength,

  and deep purposes.

When we are His people

    and He is our God,

                       whoa.

Life itself is transformed.)

O LORD,

No matter what is going on,

in our control

      or outside of it,

help us to be

    Your faithful ones,

responding to Your voice,

abiding in Your Word,

and holding fast to

      our hope in You.

Align, O LORD,

    our hearts with Yours.

 

...their powers of discernment

trained by constant practice

to distinguish good from evil.

              Hebrews 5. 14

(That which we are serious about

requires not just intention,

       but practice

       and daily training.

I can read all I want about

                faith in God,

and talk about it,

but unless I tie on my shoes

             and get out the door,

     I am not learning,

                   practicing,

                   or living it out.

What can I introduce and pursue

        in the dailyness of my life

    to intentionally draw closer

    in relationship with Him?

If we are believers,

we are all in training to follow Him,

to practice His grace and wisdom,

    and to seek Him in all situations.

Maturity in faith comes from

      learning,

      practicing,

      and living it out.)

O LORD,

Help us to dig deep

           into Your Word,

help us to seek You first

    in all that we do today

and follow You intentionally

in what we choose,

talk about,

make known about,

point out,

think about,

   and even sing about,

Your glory, O LORD,

    and not our own.

Show us Your path

           of faithfulness

and help us to

    run hard after You.

 

And the hand of the LORD

   was upon me there.

And He said to me,

"Arise,

go out into the valley,

and there

    I will speak with you."

             Ezekiel 3. 22

(Sometimes in the

   most unlikely places,

we are aware

           of His Presence.

One obedience

  always leads to the next.

And God always provides

  His direction through it,

bringing us to a place

where we know

    that He is the LORD.)

O LORD,

Your Word is more powerful

       than we realize,

mightier than our feelings

    or attitudes

    or what we have always done.

Help us to listen and respond

   to Your leading

   and to Your staying.

Help us to see

   what You are renewing,

growing,

bringing forth,

a vision not just for

        the next thing,

        another door,

but the now,

  that which You have placed

  before us today.

May we be faithful

            to You.

 

And you shall speak

    My words to them,

whether they hear

       or refuse to hear,

for they are

   a rebellious house.

           Ezekiel 2. 7

(Our responsibility

    is to bring with us

the gospel

   and the love of Jesus,

        wherever we are.

God produces the fruit.

Even in the

     most unlikely places

and among the

          most resistant,

we can never know

  who will be changed by it,

in whom God is

            already working.)

O LORD,

You have placed us

   by Your divine appointments

to pray continually,

live faithfully,

love well,

practice grace over and over,

and bring Your Word

  and Your name

even to the rebellious,

of whom we once were.

Thank You

    for the faithful ones

who were willing to speak

   Your truth and grace

   into our lives.

May we go forth

         with the same voice.