“He has showed you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?” (Micah 6:8)

At His Side

With love, the Master Gardener,
Leads His apprentice through her tasks.
With kind forbearance, He guides her –
Knowing her needs before she asks.

She looks to Him with great regard:
A child at her Father’s side;
To please Him — her greatest reward –
Her heart with His big heart abide.

With signals of the heart, she knows
Her next step in the task at hand.
With gentle patience, He bestows
His guidance — she yearns His command.

She walks one step behind His stride;
She skips His footprints freshly laid
Like hopscotch — she stays at His side:
Such is their life-long promenade.

Her attention is His alone;
His is the only way she’s known.

May our loving Father smile down at us as we skip beside Him each step of the way.

(c) Paul Buis, 2004