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## 16:8
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> The Lord At My Right Hand
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>> I have set the LORD always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
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Occasion: Walking into a hard meeting
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Lord, the chair will be there again,
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the door shut,
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the faces already set
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before anyone speaks.
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Even before I enter,
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I can feel the meeting beginning in me.
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I rehearse what I might say,
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what they might ask,
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and all the ways it could go wrong.
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Be at my right hand
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when my pulse climbs
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and I want to say less than is true.
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Give me the grace to be clear
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without being sharp.
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You know how hard it is
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to stay present when I feel exposed,
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to hear what is being argued
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without surrendering what I know is true.
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Keep me steady enough to listen
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and steady enough to speak.
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I may still be afraid.
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Stay near me in the fear.
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The room is hard.
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You are here.
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Be at my right hand.
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Amen.
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