The Walk

Care not for success or fame;
Nor dread the moment of failure.
Walk on; day by day;
Fulfilling the task at hand,
Entrusting the final issue,
Into the hands of God.

Tend to the commonest,
And the small things,
As if beneath His eye.
Bear the uncongenial,
And the irritating with grace;
Set to their conquest in love.

We may do all these things,
Through the peace and love of God;
Without brilliance of talent or disposition.
Embody in thy heart and life:
The meekness and gentleness,
The purity and truth of the Lord.

Carefully check impatience,
Uncharity, and insincerity of speech;
Thy life will bear much, much more:
Than rank, with its haughty bearing;
Than wealth, with its golden spoon;
Than genius, with its meteoric flash.

We do more than we know;
Sowing seeds.......starting streamlets;
Living the Truth, openly, before all;
To which some will one day refer,
As the initial spark, that led,
To a whole and wondrous New Life.

It is the way of things,
According to His natural law;
One seeds, another waters;
The Father gathers.
The fruits of our labor, therefore,
Are truly known only to Him.