A gentle reminder.

 The inspiration for this poem is obvious to anyone who has read the "footsteps" poem. The strange thing is, I don't like "footsteps" very much. I guess it's a bit like an overplayed song (like "Love is all around" by Wet Wet Wet or "You're Beautiful" by James Blunt). It get read excitedly by virtually every new Christian to all their Christian friends for the week after they discover it when rummaging through the local Christian bookshop. Although this is similar, it goes in a slightly different direction. Looking back at it now one line stands out "20 20 hindsight's clear". Sometimes it's only when we get past something that it makes any sense at all.
That gives me hope that the stuff I can't understand now, will be clear when seen in the bigger picture.
Well here it is:


A gentle reminder

Silently you walk through
This life of mine.
My course is changing
All the time.

I cannot see my path
Where it leads to.
But your hand guides me
To follow you.

Only when I look back
See where I've been.
It is then your footsteps
Can be seen.

They shine up brightly
Right next to me
You walked my path too
I could not see.

20 20 hindsight's clear
To see your hand.
Mountains once before me 
Now crushed to sand.

Worry still can haunt me
May hold me back.
Doubts can soon creep in.
Fear can attack.

Then a still small voice
Says "Look behind,
Can you see my footsteps?
What do you find?"

Stretching so far back
Those steps remain.
Strength then pours in me.
I step again.