Faith is as faith does

And only God truly knows

What waits for faith

Beyond this world’s folly

Like railroad tracks-

Rounding a bend

Faith sends its assurances ahead

Without fear

Knowing full well

That whatever comes

Faith is already there and here

To burn a bridge behind

Or leap a valley

To work a miracle

While doubters dally

Faith cannot be stopped

Not by apathy or spite

Or any way the world hates

Faith can only win

Since all that faith knows is victory

The permanent kind

The kind that abounds in glory

And suffers long

Without losing sight of home

Without giving in

To a fool's intractability

Indeed

Faith is like a mustard seed:

Page one of a novel unwritten

Step one of journey contemplated

Day one of a ministry unknown

Unlike those who hate

Faith knows how to wait

And when the waterfall of God’s glory

Fills the gaps of time

With powers of the infinite kind

And the heart reaches still further

Into the wellspring of truth

Another lamp blazes mightily

From out of the vault of heaven

Thanks to the Lord’s mustard seed

John Christopher

1989