But If Not

But If Not

To prepare for dogged devotion when things don't go well for us.

Father: Beloved, is the Lord able to keep you today

from trial and toil and danger?

Children: He is.

Father: Will He deliver you from all these?

Children: He will.

Father: But if not?

Children: Let it be known to one and to all,

that we will serve the Lord alone,

whether we sail or whether we stall,

we only bow to heaven’s throne.