Holy and compassionate God, keep Your watchful eye upon us and place Your hand on our lives. Guide us in the way we should go. Remind us again that wherever we are, in whatever situation we find ourselves, we are neither lost nor alone.
And may we acknowledge our hunger for Your presence and our dependence on Your guidance. For as much as we think we can go it alone, fighting against Your wisdom, we need a deeper understanding that our joy and our satisfaction can only be found in You.
We are Your children, the ones You have deigned to love with a love so encompassing that we need only trust in You, yield to Your instruction, and live as You would have us live.
May this be our aim today and all days.
We pray this in Your sovereign name. Amen.
Psalm 32:8
Only those who try to live near God and have formed the habit of faithfulness to Him in the small things of our daily life can hope in times of need for that special light which shows us our path. To do as well as we can the job immediately before us is the way to learn what we ought to do next.
—Evelyn Underhill (1875-1941)
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