## 16:8
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> The Lord At My Right Hand
>> I have set the LORD always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

Occasion: Walking into a hard meeting

Lord, the chair will be there again,
the door shut,
the faces already set
before anyone speaks.

Even before I enter,
I can feel the meeting beginning in me.
I rehearse what I might say,
what they might ask,
and all the ways it could go wrong.

Be at my right hand
when my pulse climbs
and I want to say less than is true.
Give me the grace to be clear
without being sharp.

You know how hard it is
to stay present when I feel exposed,
to hear what is being argued
without surrendering what I know is true.

Keep me steady enough to listen
and steady enough to speak.
I may still be afraid.
Stay near me in the fear.

The room is hard.
You are here.
Be at my right hand.

Amen.