I went away full,

and the LORD has

brought me back empty.

               Ruth 1.21

(If Naomi only knew

    what was ahead

and her vital role

in God’s grander narrative!

It was not the end 

             of the story.

It is never

       the end of the story.

Just not yet

  to the exciting part.

God is not about

   to abandon you now.

God guides,

God provides,

God redeems in ways

  we cannot even imagine.)

O LORD,

May we follow You

   into Your purposes today

that transcend 

        all circumstances,

even that which we

               don’t understand.

Even the strange 

          turning of events

     is no surprise to You,

but a deeper revealing 

        of Your faithfulness.

May we make You known 

   and bring You glory.

No matter what.

Because it all matters.

    More than we can know.