Bless Our Going Out and Coming In.

 Bless Our Going Out and Coming In

A Reflection on Deuteronomy 28:6 and Psalm 121:8

Bless our going out and coming in—every step, every door,

Every threshold we cross, from dawn to evening’s floor.

Not just the journeys to distant lands,

But the daily rhythms, the ordinary hands

That turn the knob and leave the house,

That return at night as quiet as a mouse.

You will be blessed when you come in and blessed when you go out. (Deuteronomy 28:6)

Bless our going out—when we step into the fray,

When we leave the safety of our homes to work, to serve, to pray.

Guard our paths, direct our feet,

Let every street become a place where Your presence we meet.

From the morning commute to the errand run,

Let Your favor go before us like the rising sun.

Bless our coming in—when the day is done,

When we return to rest beneath the setting sun.

Let peace meet us at the door; let love be on the sill.

Let our homes be havens of Your holy will.

Shut out the noise, the worry, the strife,

And let our coming in be filled with life.

The Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore. (Psalm 121:8)

Bless our going out to the marketplace, the school, the field,

To the hospital, the courthouse, to the places where we yield

Our time, our talents, our prayers, our words.

Protect us from every danger seen or unheard.

Bless our coming in to family, to rest, to sleep,

To the quiet conversations, the promises we keep.

Let the threshold be sacred, the welcome be warm,

Shelter us from every physical and spiritual storm.

The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make His face shine on you and be gracious to you. (Numbers 6:24-25)

So we ask for Your blessing on every exit and every return.

In every season we learn:

You are the God of the going out and the coming in,

The beginning, the middle, the end—our peace, our discipline.

Bless our going out and coming in—forever, this our prayer,

Until we finally cross the threshold into glory, and meet You there.

Amen.