The Long Distance Runner

Help us not to fear, for it is God who fights beside us.
The Lord is our rock, our fortress, and our deliverer,
Our God, our rock in whom we take our refuge,
Our shield and the source of our salvation,
Our stronghold.

We who were not God's people, God will call his people,
And those of us who were unbeloved, God will call his beloved.
In the same place where we were told "you are not God's people,"
We are now called the children of God.

We ask for endurance to the end, for we know we will be saved.
And this is the good news for all the world,
Until the end comes.



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Daily office year two:
Deut 3:18-28; Ps 18:1-20 / 18:21-50; Rom 9:19-33; Matt 24:1-14