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.