In a beautiful song performed by Steve Green back in the 90’s, he expresses a poignant prayer: “may all who come behind us find us faithful!”

As the years tick by, I realize just how frail a human I can be. In my best efforts, I will fumble it, I will get it wrong, I will falter. But, our GOD never will!

So, my prayers have grown: “Yes! O, yes, LORD, may all who come behind me find me faithful. But more importantly, may they find 𝐘𝐨𝐮 faithful! Open their eyes to see the reality of Who You are unfolding in their own lives. Make Yourself real to them in ways You know will capture their attention and draw their hearts to You. Lead them in paths that help them discover for themselves that You are faithful!”

The few verses in today’s breakfast psalm remind me again of my deepest prayers for those who come behind me: 🌿

𝘖 𝘓𝘖𝘙𝘋, 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦.⁣
𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘠𝘰𝘶, 𝘖 𝘓𝘖𝘙𝘋, 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥.⁣
𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘩, ⁣
𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘮𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳’𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘣 ⁣
𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦.⁣
𝘕𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘠𝘰𝘶!⁣
𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.⁣
𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘠𝘰𝘶;⁣
𝘐 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴.⁣
𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳.⁣
𝘛𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴,⁣
𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴.⁣
𝘖 𝘚𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘓𝘖𝘙𝘋, 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 ⁣
𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵.⁣
𝘓𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 ⁣
𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, ⁣
𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘺 𝘮𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘴 ⁣
𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘦.⁣
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𝘞𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘴⁣
[𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵] ⁣
𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯.⁣
𝘞𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 ⁣
𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘖𝘙𝘋, ⁣
𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴.⁣
𝘌𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 ⁣
𝘴𝘦𝘵 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘰𝘯 𝘎𝘖𝘋, ⁣
𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘮𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘴 ⁣
𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘣𝘦𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴.⁣
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𝘛𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧, 𝘖 𝘎𝘖𝘋.⁣
𝘔𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘶𝘱𝘰𝘯 𝘶𝘴.⁣
𝘖𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘦 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘥.⁣
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𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦 𝟕𝟏: 𝟓-𝟕, 𝟏𝟓-𝟏𝟖 • 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦 𝟕𝟖:𝟒, 𝟕 • 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦 𝟖𝟎: 𝟑, 𝟕, 𝟏𝟗

FIND US FAITHFUL, song written by Jon Mohr, performed by Steve Green, released in 1991:

𝘞𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘪𝘭𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘫𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺⁣
𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸 𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘥,⁣
𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰’𝘷𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘶𝘴⁣
𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺.⁣
𝘊𝘩𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘧𝘶𝘭,⁣
𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘺,⁣
𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵⁣
𝘵𝘰 𝘎𝘖𝘋’𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦.⁣
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𝘖 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘴⁣
𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘧𝘶𝘭,⁣
𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯⁣
𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘺.⁣
𝘔𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦,⁣
𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦,⁣
𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦⁣
𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘣𝘦𝘺.⁣
𝘖 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘴⁣
𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘧𝘶𝘭.⁣
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𝘚𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘴𝘰 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵⁣
𝘢 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴,⁣
𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘶𝘴 𝘳𝘶𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦⁣
𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘻𝘦.⁣
𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰’𝘷𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘶𝘴,⁣
𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘶𝘴 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘴,⁣
𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴⁣
𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘶 𝘨𝘰𝘥𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴.⁣
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𝘈𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘴⁣
𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘦,⁣
𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘪𝘧𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘶 𝘢𝘭𝘭⁣
𝘸𝘦’𝘷𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥,⁣
𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳,⁣
𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳,⁣
𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮,⁣
𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘥 𝘸𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥.⁣
𝘖 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘴⁣
𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘧𝘶𝘭.