Broaden my path

Lord God,

I feel hemmed in right now,
Physically, emotionally, intellectually, spiritually.
In a woods, looking for a clear way out.
The world is overwhelming, isn’t it?

I feel exhausted from the hectic pace of running a new schedule while trying to maintain the old one.
I feel drained–completely void of compassion and empathy–when in fact, I do care about so many things.
I have worn myself out caring.
I feel the urgency to educate myself about the crises all around me.
I feel the Holy Spirit prompting me to open my heart to bigger faith–to hope and dream for your will to be done in ways I can’t even imagine.

But you are not worried about how I will process all this or if I will fail.
You will broaden my path, if I keep walking in your light.
You will enlarge my territories, if I push out into a dangerous world.
You will strengthen me and do the impossible through me.

I will not stumble.
I will not fall.
I will not fail, if I keep following you.

Lord, keep me on your path, even though I don’t know where it leads.
You are trustworthy.
I will not be afraid.

Amen.

“You broaden the path beneath me, so that my ankles do not turn.”–Psalm 18:36