O LORD, You are my God;

I will exalt You;

I will praise Your name,

for You have done

            wonderful things,

plans of old,

     faithful and sure.

             Isaiah 25. 1

(And even before

we see how things turn out,

 evident

       and right before us,

even in the midst

      of not comprehending the mystery

            or struggling in a miry bog,

we can trust God.

We just don't yet see

          His sacred designs,

    and His plans for each of us,

    woven seamlessly in eternity.

It is not just what He does,

    but Who He is.

God is God.

And we can trust

   not in circumstances

          that change without notice,

but in God who

                never lets us go.)

O LORD,

We can come to You in praise

before we see any outcomes,

before we see

        the light at the end

        of this long tunnel

                or rocky trail.

Nothing is random.

We are anointed by You

   and appointed by You.

We come to You

     when our hearts are faint.

We come to You

     when our hearts are overflowing.

We go forth strengthened

                from Your refuge,

not by what we see,

         but in knowing You.