So we do not lose heart.

Though our outer self

is wasting away,

our inner self is being

      renewed day by day.

For this light

     momentary affliction

is preparing for us

an eternal weight of glory

beyond all comparison,

as we look not to the things

           that are seen

but to the things

           that are unseen.

For the things that are seen

     are transient,

but the things that are unseen

     are eternal.

       2 Corinthians 4. 16-18

(Do not lose heart.

There is nothing random

     in this hardship,

nothing that God cannot use

     to strengthen us

     or redeem.

God does great things

that we cannot comprehend,

far beyond our vision

       or even our lifetimes.

We have just

        to be faithful.)

O LORD,

We all struggle with something.

And You provide the strength,

not just to get through it,

but fulfill Your purposes.

Help us to realize

that what we experience

is laden with Your glory.

We are just on the other side

and cannot yet see.

We do not just believe in You.

      We can trust You.