But as one was

    felling a log,

his axe head fell

    into the water,

and he cried out,

"Alas, my master!

 It was borrowed."

Then the man of God said,

"Where did it fall?"

When he showed him

            the place,

he cut off a stick

and threw it in there

and made the iron float.

          2 Kings 6. 5-6

(God cares for us

even in what just appears

     as the "small" stuff.

Have I considered

coming before Him

with this concern

    and this "detail?"

We are not

        alone in this.

God can make

    the iron float.

Sometimes it takes us

  to trust Him

  with the situation

  and the outcome.)

O LORD,

We are all faced

with struggles

and lost axe heads

of varying degrees.

Open our eyes

       and our hearts

that we may realize

not just a solution but

Your Presence with us.

What shall we do?

Help us to trust You

           even in this,

to listen, to hear,

     and to respond to You.

You are not taken

     by surprise in this,

but You are already in it .

You are already guiding us

            through.

Be thou our vision

        and our strength.

You are our God.

May we not live as if

            You are not.