Show Me the Way

Placing one foot before the other

Moving ever forward in small steps

Impeded by an ever surprising array of obstacles

Most of which not previously known

And never anticipated

My progress is often impeded

My attention diverted from my goal

My purpose sometimes confused

And my vision obscured by a fog of doubt

Angst overcoming me

I’m wary, worried and worn

There doesn’t seem to be any relief

From this steep grade confronting me

Yet I feel compelled

By some unseen influence

To trudge on, and to try to look straight ahead

Not down at the path or back to the past

Or to all the diversions on the side

I must resist distraction and reach forward

Or I could trip on one of the exposed rocks

And I could fall

The path is narrow and the passage steep

Fret with danger and confusion about

Why and Where and for What purpose

I wonder: do I dare proceed further

As now the darkness begins to creep up from behind

I know I can not go back

Yet sensing that the only true way is toward the light

I must answer this call, follow this path, no matter the risk

I must believe in His purpose for me

I must believe

That His outstretched hand is there

Emerging from the fog of doubt

There for me to find and to hold

Always ready to straighten my path when I drift

To lift me up when I trip and fall

In clear ways warning me of the dangers that surround

Always calling me to look forward to Him

No matter what has, is, or will transpire

For His presence is unwavering

The true path is shown by He alone

His love and care eternal

And His longing for my return unending

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