But Mary treasured up

  all these things,

pondering them

        in her heart.

         Luke 2. 19

(There will always be

a lot of profound stuff

we don't understand.

But that doesn't mean

that there is not

   God's extreme purpose

   woven seamlessly in it,

beyond not just

       our understanding,

but far beyond our lifetimes

      or our place in it.

Nothing but nothing

            is random.

There is without fail

    purpose and meaning,

compounded, multiplied

      and running over,

but even more so,

   God's glory in this.

May we treasure

           what we see,

ponder the magnitude

    of God's Presence,

be faithful in

        what we do know,

and trust Him

         for the rest.)

O LORD,

There is so much

beyond our comprehension,

because we view life

       in present tense

and not in

  Your vision

-- past, present and

                    eternal.

We do not just

       wait for You,

but watch for You,

and know that

even in the

    confusing parts,

You are redeeming.

Someday it will

     make sense to us,

because it

   already makes sense

   in Your economy.

Help us to not just

    accept the chaos

    and confusion,

but to wonder,

ponder,

and respond

to what is around us.

Help us to not just

         think about it,

but seek You in it.

Even in this.