We Can Trust Him Because He Knows What We Carry

Sunday Psalm 2.4.24

Father God 
Lord Jesus
Holy Spirit

We present ourselves before You again this Sunday.
It is no small thing that we are gathered here
To give our attention to You.
To turn off our phones, to shut down
The always available distractions.

We come with our particular stories, 
Telling of both grief and joy;
Calamity and happiness;
Pain and pleasure.

Only You know the depths
Of what we’ve lived through.
Even if we live an intimate life
With a spouse, only You
Are truly present in every detail.

Like no one else, You rejoice when 
We rejoice and weep when we weep.
Isaiah says that in all Israel’s distress, 
You, too, were distressed. 

We can trust You because You know
What we carry. You are not aloof or cold
Or distant or all those other lies Satan says.

We worship You because your promise is that
Every burden will be released,
Every fear will be undone,
And Sam Gamgee’s hope that everything sad will
Come untrue will be realized.

We will never give up attending to You.
There’s always more to experience.
And the best is yet to be, inhabiting your realized 
Presence of joy, together, forever. 
Amen.