If any of you lacks wisdom,

let him ask God,

who gives generously

    to all without reproach,

and it will be given him.

           James 1. 5

(Did it even occur to me

   to ask God about this?

Not to tell Him

    what to do

    and how to do it

    and when,

but to seek Him in it?

Asking God for wisdom

in what to see,

how to respond,

what to pursue,

how to love.

We can trust Him,

   not for particular answers

   of our own making,

but for who He is.

We can trust Him

  even before we

      know the outcome

  and walk with Him

     through it.

God never works

   in singular outcomes.)

O LORD,

We come to You

   for Your wisdom in this,

not in what is

       an obvious choice,

but what is from You.

Help us to see this situation

          differently

in Your Name,

for Your Kingdom,

for Your glory.

Help us to not just be

     willing to ask You,

but to follow You,

even right where we are,

even in the hard stuff,

to bring us into

    a closer intimacy with You.