Lord over all, when the world feels as though it is in flux and chaos we know that you stand firm over all. You are the one who calls this trouble to come, and who longs for people to see it for what it is – your warning to turn back to you. You are the one who reigns as the powerful lion, and yet also, has willingly become the slain lamb for us. Thank you Lord, that you have conquered over our savage accuser, and have cast him down. Thank you that we can know that despite.the most severe persecution, we are eternally safe in your hands. Please help us to see the picture of the end: to know that justice comes in the end; to know that the accuser is destroyed in the end; that our tears are wiped away in the end. Please give us the patient endurance that we need.
Amen