Monday, June 25, 2007

Child of My Love

It seems other people are doing an excellent job of summing up my thoughts lately... and better than I could. So, a poem that encouraged me very much:
Child of My love, fear not the unknown morrow.
Dread not the new demand life makes of thee;
Thine ignorance doth hold no cause for sorrow,
For what thou knowest not is known to Me.

Thou canst not see today the hidden meaning
Of My command, but thou the light shall gain.
Walk on in faith, upon My promise leaning,
And as thou goest, all shall be made plain.

One step thou seest: Then go forward boldly;
One step is far enough for faith to see.
Take that, and thy next duty shall be told thee,
For step by step thy God is leading thee.

Stand not in fear, thine adversaries counting;
Dare every peril, save to disobey.
Thou shalt march on, each obstacle surmounting,
For I, the Strong, shall open up the way.

Therefore go gladly to the task assigned thee,
Having My promise; needing nothing more
Than just to know where’er the future find thee,
In all thy journeying, I go before.

—Author Unknown

6 comments:

  1. Beautiful Poem. I'm saving this one. :)

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  2. Thanks so much for sharing! Great post!

    You have a very nice blog! I just started blogging in April, it's a lot of fun! :)

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  3. That is a beautiful poem! Thanks for sharing it Marissa.

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  4. Author is Arthur E. Ritchie
    http://www.joyfulministry.org/stept.htm

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  5. Reassuring, beautiful poem. I copied it into my Memento Book to be left to my children when the Lord calls me to my eternal home. Thank you for sharing it !!

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