A PRayer for Courage (to go with the Exodus 14 and the crossing of the Sea)

HI God. You know something? Sometimes we feel overwhelmed.
There is something coming that threatens our well-being and in front of us is something blocking our path. And we feel trapped.
We get afraid. We don’t know what to do next.
We need your help.
Then you tend to ask us to take a risk, to step out in faith, trusting that the path will appear.
To be honest, we aren’t always sure we can do that.
And so we pray for courage when the world is rough.
Strengthen us, embolden us, help us jump into the water.
Help us trust that the sea will part, that the path will emerge,
and that we can find ourselves freed from captivity.
God made known in Jesus, God who calls us to take those first small steps.
We pray, we offer our thanks, and we keep stepping forward, traveling along with you. Amen.