The LORD who delivered me

from the paw of the lion

and from the paw of the bear

will deliver me from

   the hand of this Philistine.

               1 Samuel 17. 37

(A chronicle of

    God's faithfulness,

a chronicle of

    God's preparedness,

one step of obedience

         to the next,

one step of His strengthening

         to the next,

one step of trusting Him

      even more to the next.

And we learn again and again,

     "I am with you.")

O LORD,

We all face what appears

    the insurmountable

    and overwhelming

in one dimension or another,

but this struggle

   is not insurmountable

                     to You.

Help us to follow You

and be strengthened by You

in the ordinary

that we would rely on You

      in the extraordinary.

If we do not trust You

and run with You

and be strengthened by You

     in the every days,

we will do nothing

            in the crisis.

Be our strength

             and our vision

that we would know You more

   even in what

   we don't yet see.

We need not fear

  because You are here

  and You are in this.

Be glorified, O LORD.