Grace to Say No

Blessings on your ability to focus!

Undistracted.
Undetered.
Undaunted.

Regardless of the petty, pesky diversions
And staticky white noise of daily life.
Regardless of the purposeful schemes of hell
To pull you from God’s plan,

You can, Nehemiah-like,
Live with focus.

When opponents Sanballat and Geshem
Said, “Let’s meet in the plain of Ono,”
Nehemiah said, “Oh, no.”

May you take His actual words to heart:
“I am doing a great work, so I cannot come down.” (Neh. 6:2)

Whatever your “great work” might be,
May you be filled with the grace to say “oh no”
To everything that is a distraction from your true calling.