...but did not ask

counsel from the LORD.

           Joshua 9. 14

(Did I even consider

asking the LORD

           about this?

Nothing too small,

    nothing insignificant.

It matters.

It matters a lot.

It is not that God's counsel

        keeps me from

        making mistakes,

or keep it from not ending well,

not that the destination

               will be different,

    but the journey with Him

    even carries profound designs.

It is not just what I am doing,

   but what is it doing to me.

Following God,

walking with Him through it,

     changes me profoundly.

Sometimes it is not

      about outcomes at all.)

O LORD,

What is Your way in this?

Help us not just to

      seek a path,

      or a clear answer,

      or even a favorable outcome,

but to seek You

   even right where we are today.

Lead us

  into Your profound purposes,

         the unexpected,

         the unlikely,

         the extraordinary,

even in what only appears

      as ordinary and familiar.

May we seek

and know

and realize

that You are the Most High

          over all the earth,

and You love us

          more than we know.