When I, Daniel,

   had seen the vision,

I sought to understand it.

               Daniel 8. 15

(When we cry out,

   "God, I just don't get it."

God embraces us

     and nods His head.

He is God,

       and we are not.

Some things we

        will never understand.

Some things we

         will grasp,

but even in those,

there are eternal dimensions

we will never comprehend.

But we can know

  that God is good

and trust Him even in this.

We don't have to understand

to know God is in it.

And He is right here with us.)

O LORD,

When we worship You,

we don't have to

     understand everything.

We can trust You.

And we can go forth

with a new strength,

not encumbered by distress

     or not understanding,

but empowered by You

     abiding in us.

When we call out to You,

You always answer

in some unexpected ways

that even exceed

    what we see as

    our immediate need.

Thank You, O LORD,

that You replace despair

      with a deep trust in You

and that not understanding

     is not the end of the story,

but perhaps,

only the exciting part.