...for we must take of them

    to serve the LORD our God,

and we do not know with what

we must serve the LORD

     until we arrive there.

                Exodus 10. 26

(That is what faithfulness is:

    not knowing

         what God is up to,

  but willing to follow Him

                  into it anyway.

We cannot know with what,

where,

among whom,

or what God Almighty will do.

There are many such surprises

           along His paths.

Sometimes those things

               are revealed.

Sometimes those things

      are yet to be revealed.

But someday we shall all say,

   "So that's why

   it happened that way."

His extraordinary

      even in the ordinary.)

O LORD,

We cannot know,

but we can know You.

We cannot see,

but we can trust You.

We can seek You

   and be faithful.

You do know what you are doing,

              indeed after all.

Why are we surprised at that?

You have equipped us

     through experience,

     hardships and joy.

We have no idea

   with what to serve You

--in unexpected ways

    and unlikely places--

until we arrive there.

And even then,

             only a glimpse.

We have seen too much

   to question You in this.

Even in this.

For Your glory.