Baby Steps

With small, small steps I’ve come to You, disheartened… Listening to the hope, the joy The peace that abides When my heart hearkens Your grace Promising me a love far more Alive than any love I’ve ever known Any love I’ve every recognized As a love I could depend upon With a gentle hand You’ve touched my very soul… Given me faith that I know Is more wise than the stars, The moon, the sunshine’s August hue, More sure than I can grow on my own, Without the seeds You planted With serenity in dewy drizzling, light that smiles Through the darkness that surrounds Me when I feel doubts closing in, worries From within, where I remember all my sins With a soundless kiss, a whisper You teach me the meaning of bliss, Echoing beauty through the light, Reaching beyond my fears and tears Into the music of the most tender heart Where there is assurance that despite All the burdens, the heartaches, the yearnings You are still alive and You have survived Every doubt, every fear, every tear… Because of You, I can face everything With the hope of a peace that is eternally With me, abiding inside me… Because I believe… You are with me, Forever silencing the doubts and fears, Wiping away the dreaded tears, Reminding me – through every sorrow You are here and I can face tomorrow Because I know You will see me through In every storm, I know You will come To silence the rain, the pain – the thunder With Your light, Your love, Your wonders! Because of YOU, I know gentle grace that assures Me there is more beauty in the heart who believes Than there is dread in the darkness that flees When You come near, filling me with such sweet peace!