And God Is Not Finished Yet

 

Remember not the former things,

nor consider the things of old.

Behold, I am doing

                   a new thing;

now it springs forth,

  do you not perceive it?

I will make a way

   in the wilderness

   and rivers in the desert.

         Isaiah 43. 18-19

(We are not defined

               by our past,

but by God's redeeming.

What is God forming in me

      through this?

We are under construction.

And God is not finished yet.

When we seek God

  in the wilderness, desert,

  or this present mess,

we are amazed

        by what springs forth

and what He makes possible.

A new thing is not necessarily

             a new door,

 but may be right where we are.

God sharpens our vision,

  strengthens our hearts,

and brings His awe to it.)

O LORD,

Help us to not dwell

           on the past,

but to trust in You.

Grant to us a glimpse

  of Your Presence

not just in this situation

         but with us.

You are creating

         something new

in impossible places.

Enlarge our vision,

    Almighty One.