First Steps

I wrote this poem back in 1995, eight years into praying that God would bless us with children – and six years before our first child was born. The video is of our second child learning to walk. He’s been taking a few steps all week. Of course, that means it’s been a week of bumps and bruises. He’s learning to stand without losing his balance and to walk without falling. So for about a month I’ve been praying that God would also teach my boy to stand in faith and to walk in purity and holiness as he grows up. Here’s the poem:


First Steps

There’s joy in just the thought of you,
dispelling my despair.
The eyes of faith can gaze on you,
and see you standing there,
contemplating first steps,
while watchful I stand by,
to catch you should I need to,
and hold you should you cry.
First steps take great courage, child,
and steps of faith will, too.
I move from doubt to take one now,
in just the thought of you.


If any of you know a couple fighting infertility, please share this post with them. I hope it will be encouraging. But then, answered prayer and fruit born from persevering faith should be encouraging to anyone.