Some Pharisees said, “Herod wants to kill you.”
He said to them, “Go and tell that fox for me,
‘Listen, I am casting out demons and performing cures.’”
—Luke 13.31-32
When evildoers assail me to devour my flesh—
my adversaries and foes— they shall stumble and fall.
—Psalm 27.2
Stand firm in the Lord.
—Philippians 4.1
Do not bring us to the time of trial,
but rescue us from the evil one.
—Matthew 6.13
God,
you have given me the great power
of refusing to let other people’s energy
determine my own. I am free.
Help me resist the adversaries
of other people’s expectations,
my foe, my desire to fit in.
I have joined a gang: it is Christ.
We live his ways, not other people’s ways.
Help me stand firm.
Help me be gentle when others are violent.
When others yell, remind me I don’t have to.
When others blame I can listen.
When the culture is violent and unjust
and resists opposition,
I can stand for healing and justice.
You have taken me into yourself.
Why should I be afraid, even in a cruel place,
to stand firm in love?
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Steve Garnaas-Holmes
Unfolding Light
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