Footsteps
by Barbara Philbrook

It's been five years since God revealed to me that he had a plan of salvation and that it was offered for free,
and tho I'd known God since childhood I was blinded to the fact that God could actually love me.

Not for what I had ever done nor for what I could ever be,
God  the Heavenly Father loved me just because I was me.

He didn't expect me to change not even the tiniest bit,
all He asked was for me to believe and my heart to submit.

There was no list of expectations no rules or regulations he would take care of it all,
the only thing for me to do was surrender and then he was there for me and answered whenever I would call.

I had thought I had known sorrow and that I'd suffered every kind of pain,
but since I've been walking with God I've learned that the heights of these I had yet to attain.

Some of the footsteps of our walk have definitely been up hill,
and some of them were filled with sorrow that can bring tears to my eyes still.

We have passed through times of riches more then we ever realized,
then a time of misfortune Where I begged God to increase my faith with desperate cries.

There were times I'd be singing praises to God as tears of heart tearing sadness had taken over me,
foot steps through worry and fear as Doctors revealed several diagnoses that held no hope or happiness that I could see.

But if I could change the walk I've had with God I know I never would,
because every footstep no matter how unhappy or painful He has worked for good.

Now if you'd like to go on a walk with God all of your very own,
just offer your self totally surrendered just as The Word has shown.

Each footstep is a memory each has a specialness all of it's own,
I thank God daily that He walked with me and never did I feel alone.

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