This is another early poem.  I had to make a decision that would affect my whole family – and God, as He always does, came through for me.  I had cried out to Him in a turmoil of indecision.  Two days later I wrote this poem, because as I had taken the terrifying step I felt He was guiding me to take, so He provided the answer – the answer that I had no inkling about when the decision was made.  Sometimes we just have to step out in faith …

Guidance

Lord God, I lift my voice in praise

You lead me in Your gentle ways

Each step I take You’re by my side,

My Friend, Redeemer, Shepherd, Guide.

I praise You, with my heart and mind.

Each crisis in my life I find

Has been defused, my Lord, by You

You love is deep, Your friendship true.

And happenings that frighten me

Are not as bad as they could be

If I had need to face alone

These troubles, and Your love not know;

But I do know Your Love divine

Truly I know that Love is mine,

And so with words of joy and praise,

My voice in love, to You I raise.