When Pharoah let the people go,

God did not lead them by the way

of the land of the Philistines,

          although that was near...

But God led the people

around by the way

      of the wilderness

      toward the Red Sea.

                 Exodus 13. 17-18

(God guides us in unexpected ways

        and unlikely places.

But the unknown

            and the wilderness

are neither random nor barren,

but a place of His Presence

  so that we would know Him more.

Why am I here?

    "Because I wanted you to be."

God has something up His sleeve

    that we cannot yet see.)

O LORD,

Not sure of what we are doing

     or why we are here,

but You say to us,

   "Trust Me in this,

     follow Me through this,

    and watch what I am doing."

We have only to be faithful.

We know that we are in Your hands,

     and that You are

                 unfolding Your glory.