You Betcha

 

...because they tested the LORD

by saying,

    "Is the LORD among us

     or not?"

            Exodus 17. 7

(Our mindset or heart posture

radically change

how we see God,

how we approach

   and navigate circumstances,

if we trust God,

or if we sap our strength,

   step in the minefields,

   or take a wrong turn

             by grumbling.

Questioning if God is with us

alters our journey,

how we endure,

what shoes we wear,

what we carry with us,

and how we respond

    to God and others.

Trusting Him does too

   in a very different way

---abiding, walking, loving us

       in the now and next.

God is right here with us,

   past, present, future tense.

 That is reality. We are not alone.

Is the LORD among us?

As they say in Minnesota,

        you betcha.)

O LORD,

Please help us to realize 

that the real question is

     not are You among us,

but You asking us,

          Are you with Me?"

 Trusting You

leads us on a different journey.

Make our paths straight

              to You.

We may not understand

   our hard circumstances,

   odd happenings,

or where You are leading us,

   but You are here with us.

On that,

    we can stake our lives.

You are not about

    to abandon us now.