Walking by faith

The walk of faith requires us to stumble around

In all the dark places we bump into things we don't see,

ways we don't understand, making leaps

Trusting we will be caught, not knowing if we'll

fall flat or reach solid ground

Whether we will see before we make a wrong turn

It is a letting go of all we normally see as a barrier

All the things which separate us from others,

from God and leaping into the divide

Most times it is just the blind walk

Of not being able to see what might be right

in front of us. At other times it is as if

the clouds have broken and the moon

guides our steps, we begin to feel stronger

More right, more sure of ourselves

Then the clouds come and obscure the view

And we are left on the path wondering,

praying, hoping we can dare to take the next

Step forward, the next step onward,

Will we be alone, will we fail in our blind wandering

Oh, no we are lead by something stronger than we

We recognize our own finite tries and start to

know that somehow we are not alone,

We don't make the journey completely blind

because the Spirit enters, takes our hand

plunging us forward in the darkness of love