...touched me

   and strengthened me.

          Daniel 10. 18

(The faithful ones

           in the Bible

are not just somehow

  people with special abilities,

          different from us,

but those who have

         sought the LORD

         and His strength.

It is not a

    change of circumstances

    that we need most,

but a change of heart,

a new strength from God

        to carry us through,

not just to lead us to a place

 where someday He can use us

but how He is using us now,

         along the way.

God is changing our vision

  that we endure not an uphill battle,

but walk, climb, run with Him

    with songs of ascent.)

O LORD,

Touch us

and strengthen us

     in this day ahead

that You will be glorified in it,

that we would know You more,

that we would set our hearts

                      on You

   and not on circumstances.

Help us not to forget

   Your Presence with us,

and to not overlook

that our help comes from You,

who made heaven and earth.

Leave Your imprint

             on whatever we do

and on who we are.