A Collect to Trust God Even in Hardship

Lord of all creation, who sees all that passes on this earth, let us not expect that our lives would be free of difficulty, but grant us faith to trust in your goodness and love in the midst of whatever may come, through Christ our savior, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit in glory forever and ever. Amen.

‘Now after they had left, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Get up, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you, for Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy him.”‘ – Matthew 2:13