not by sight

This is the first of two poems I plan on posting tonight. I had the ideas for this and another poem thanks to two of the songs that were sung last night in church. By the time I was able to get around to writing this poem and the one I'll post later tonight, it was pretty late so I'm grateful that I even remembered what the ideas were. 

If I walked by sight,

I would've run into the walls

I put up around me a long time ago. 

I would've collapsed under 

The weight of these burdens and

I would've fallen over the obstacles 

Arising over the horizon like the 

Moon at midnight in the darkness,

Barely shining, unable to illuminate 

My trials, my tribulations,

Never would I have made it through. 

But thank God I walk by faith--

This faith that says I will not fear,

For my Father is with me and

He carries me through the storm. 

Not only that but He forms the storm

Into existence with His own hands. 

The hard times and the good times

Are no difference to Him for 

He is in control of everything. 

Thank my Father in heaven that

I walk by faith--the faith that says 

This mountain will move, not

Because I've come to push it

With my bare hands or that I

Dare believe I have the strength 

To get over it, but that I rely on 

The Rock of my salvation,

He who created the mountain. 

And if the mountain is to move,

It will move because it's Maker says,

"move out of my child's way."

My God, if You are to bring me to

This mountain for me to get over it,

I will not get over it because I have

The strength to climb it, 

But because i am weak,

And You are strong.