By Faith

Is this what it felt like when Abel,
after feeling the joy of pleasing God,
felt the anger from his brother?

Is this what it felt like when Noah
turned his back on his old life,
to ensure a better one for his family?

Is this what it felt like when Abraham
left his friends, his family, his home,
to go to the new land He had promised?

Is this what it felt like when Abraham
walked Isaac up the mountain
just because God had told him to?

Is this what it felt like when Moses
shouldered the responsibilities
of an entire runaway nation?

Is this what is feels like when you know it's right
but you want so much for it to be wrong?

Did they wonder what was happening?
Did they ponder over and over
The many ways God could change things
So that they would seem
a little simpler, a little easier, a little more like they had planned it?

Through it all, it was credited to them as faith
Without faith, we cannot please God

Is this what it feels like to please God?
Or is it something much deeper
Something much happier
Somethings peaceful, and satisfactory

Something that overcomes all other questions
That overcomes all other fears
and rests in the joy of knowing

You have pleased

God


This poem goes with Hebrews 11