Moses spoke,

and God answered him

          in thunder.

          Exodus 19. 19

(God always answers,

sometimes in the

   most unexpected ways,

sometimes go,

sometimes wait and watch,

sometimes stay faithfully

           at our post.

Just because we cannot

  see immediate results

  that we have prescribed

doesn't mean God is

        not working,

but doing something

   deeper and wider

than we can understand.

God's timetable

     and divine appointments

     are always perfect.

     Ours are not.

Are we listening

          attentively?

Are we watching

         expectantly?

Are we willing to

   receive His answer

       and respond?

Do we even ask?)

O LORD,

Help us to not lay out

our day for You

to squeeze You

   somehow into it.

But please lay out

   Your day for us,

every appointment

every encounter,

every good work

  You have designed.

Help us to not just

watch out for You.

You are already with us,

guiding,

strengthening,

walking right here

               with us.

We ask,

You answer,

and it is up to us

           to respond.