....I have not done without cause

all that I have done in it,

      declares the Lord GOD.

                   Ezekiel 14. 23

(Even in what we don't understand,

even when we think we know.

God specializes in what

            we see as impossible,

that we may know Him more.

Don't get ahead of Him,

   don't lag behind,

always trust 

     His eternal purposes in it.)

O LORD,

In all that is swirling around us,

help us to rest in You,

knowing that random

      is not in Your lexicon

but Your goodness is

   seamlessly woven

in favorable times

        and difficult situations.

You have a strong hold

              on us.

Even when we don't understand,

    we can trust You all the more.