Do not be afraid

  of sudden terror

or of the storm

  of the wicked,

when it comes,

for the LORD will

be your confidence

and will keep

your foot from being

         caught.

    Proverbs 3. 25-26

(We are continually

in training

and learning to trust

and walk with God,

even in the ordinary

to be prepared

for the extraordinary.

We live in

     a broken world.

We need not

     be afraid,

nor to be surprised

by the storms

when they come.

God is with us now.

God is with us

           even then,

even in hardship,

even in mystery

when we don't understand.

He listens, He answers

in our day of distress

and has been with us

all along,

wherever we have gone.)

O LORD,

Help us to listen,

follow,

walk with You,

trust in You

in the every days,

that we know how

to listen, follow,

walk and trust

amidst the hard stuff.

Align our hearts

     with Yours.

Help us learn to

  live and respond

  not in

our own confidence,

but in Yours.

And when the storm

  comes,

we are ready and able,

not to take cover,

but to help others

   through to You.