God of patience and possibility, we come to you carrying questions we would like answered, problems we would like solved, and hopes we would like fulfilled. We confess that waiting can make us restless, and uncertainty can leave us searching for something certain to hold onto. Meet us where we are. Help us resist the temptation to fill every silence or force every answer. Give us patience with ourselves, with one another, and even with you. Remind us that waiting does not mean we have been abandoned, and uncertainty does not mean we are lost sheep. Open our minds and hearts to the ways we are still being shaped. Through our prayers, our songs, our questions, and our lives, expand our imaginations for what might yet be possible. May we discern more fully how we might become ready to recognize where you are calling us next. In your holy name we pray, Amen.