Lenten Meditation for Today - Patterns

Please give me the ability to comprehend, Spirit

To see the pattern without missing the detail.

Help me understand the meaning of the complexity

That surrounds me.

Not with facile answers but with genuine integrity.

Let me encounter my life.

Let me be mindful of what I have to learn.

With diligence I will strive

To free myself from assumptions.

With joy I will anticipate new discoveries.

Give me a touch of your deep wisdom, Spirit

And I will follow it like a sailor

Looking up to read the stars.

~ from the book Spirit Wheel by Steven Charleston