Sunday, July 8, 2018

Outside Series: Walk the Walk – Tim Knipp (Gen. 3; Gen. 5; Lev. 26:11; John 3:22; John 4:3)


Trilling birds and crickets pause,

purple dusk flecks the air,

and the sound of God’s

walking trembles through

silvered leaves.



Walking faithfully

is moving through space and time,

endeavoring to match God’s stride;

joined as firmly as a shadow

to his pace

and

tottering along.



Faithful walkers develop calluses,

dust-grimed pedicures

and habits of reflective thought.

Stepping along paths

trod by elders and ancients,

toddlers and teens,

holds meaning beyond

merely transporting oneself

from A to B.



Christ too was a pedestrian

on earth.

No power-walk

or measured stride

but slow enough

to know

and be known.



God promises to co-walk with us,

physical steps on earthly soil 
or sidewalk,

and as we move

He moves in us,

beside us

and through us.

He knows us

and invites our knowing

at the pace

of a gentle 
stroll.

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