Two Wills

The world is ruled by God’s great Providence,
we recognize His kind and wise design,
yet, though to God I owe obedience,
my life is ruled by this free will of mine.

The problem--how to integrate the two,
since God created everything there is,
in my deciding what is best to do,
I should defer my headstrong will to His.

But how do I discern what is His will?
My guides are His Commandments, Scripture, prayer,
the lives of saints, His voice so small and still,
my reasonable desires applied with care.

Lord, my proud independence has no place
in our supreme interdependent space.

                                 by Pete Voelz     6/30/14