Of Touching Unknowns

 Optimism dives prayer-first into another day

Dawn unveils the virgin trail of gifted gold or gray

And the Lord invites us with His utmost love and care

To take a flying leap into Unknown, for He is there

 

We cannot trace with touch the outline of His form or face

But in our heart of hearts we feel His tender touch of grace

Thus, buoyed by His mercy and the Bulwark of His Word

We step into The Unknown where no one has been before

The laugh-lines of the past are nothing now but remembrance

The sorrow of the future cannot weight our present-tense

So, step by trusting step into a new day we embark

For our God of Light is greater than the darkest dark

The sun stood still o’er Gibeon, the moon in Ajalon

This self-same God of Joshua still bids us journey on

For if this God is for us we can do what must be done

Thus bolstered by His faithfulness we touch time’s great Unknown

Optimism dives prayer-first into another day

The Lord God goes before us into come-what-ever-may

© Janet Martin