Is it not in

Your going with us,

so that we are distinct,

I and Your people,

from every other people

on the face of the earth?

            Exodus 33. 16

(Not how perfect we are

  nor deserving favor,

not our own greatness

  but His grace,

not our own

         accomplishments

or favorable circumstances,

but our relationship

        with the LORD.

What is evident

          in our lives?

His Presence in us

      and through us,

His transformation

  in our hearts

that distinguishes us,

how we respond

            and not react

to circumstances

       all around us,

how we reflect His love,

  grace and strength

which is far beyond

   anything we can do.

What does that look

   like today

   in my life

in the choices we make?)

O LORD,

Fill us with Your grace,

deepen Your intimacy

        within us,

that we would seek You

            first

in whatever we face

and realize

You are with us.

And that should look

    radically different

    in what others see,

in our own hearts,

and in what we pursue.

Help us to listen

   attentively to You.

Distinguish us today

  by Your Presence.