Walk in the Woods
Abstract: What It Is
This sacred trust empowers us to press forward,
When all the signs say Wrong Way.
It’s the conviction to try again,
When failure is your only friend.
When I had blonde curls and skinny legs,
I did not understand the world.
I’d cry and wonder if I was ever enough,
To be something worth notice or celebration.
As I plunged into my years,
My understanding did not improve,
And doubt still swarmed my mind.
Then, on a hot California afternoon,
Ready to peer behind the curtain,
I beheld faith for what it is.
It isn’t blind.
It isn’t braindead.
And it certainly isn’t a magical ability to impose my will on the planet.
Faith is a trust,
which may look stupid,
Fool-hardy and uneducated.
This is the view of cynic and the proud.
The confidence of God isn’t afraid of how it appears,
Life in the Kingdom isn’t. beauty contest.
This sacred trust empowers us to press forward,
When all the signs say Wrong Way.
It’s the conviction to try again,
When failure is your only friend.
It’s letting go of what we think we want,
of standards and fear that motivate us,
of dreams and doubts that occupy our hearts,
of pain and shame meant to retard our lives.
It’s walking through dark doors and down narrow hallways,
Assured of the light on the end.
It’s moving and running toward Him.
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