Jabez called on

the God of Israel, saying,

"O that You would bless me

and enlarge my border,

and that Your hand

       might be with me,

and that You would

   keep me from harm

so that it might not hurt me!"

And God

       granted what he asked.

                 1 Chronicles 4. 10

(Do I even bother

              to ask God?

Did it even occur to me

  to ask God about that?

It is not that He would

             work it out,

but He is already working,

bringing about greater good

   that I will ever realize,

most often in unexpected ways.

But I can trust Him in it,

   I can trust Him through it.

Even in this.

"In the center of the circle

   of the will of God I stand."

      --Streams in the Desert)