THE NEXT STEP
If you’re here, you’ve already started walking.
Not because everything is clear — but because something in you refused to stay still.
The Road Back doesn’t begin with certainty. It begins with attention. With noticing that the old way isn’t working anymore, and that grace might be closer than you thought. It continues with the next step in front of you.
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I thought the light would hit me all at once,
switch flipped, war over, battle done.
Dark never comes like thunder or rain;
it moves in quiet, knows my name.Fear sits where faith should be.
I call it patience, call it peace.
I tell myself I’m further than I am,
standing still, feet in sand.When the light gets close,
I breathe again, I let it show.This dark road keeps winding on,
no signs, no shortcuts to lean on.
Your word’s a lamp at my feet,
light for the step in front of me.
I don’t make the light, I let it lead—
one more step in front of me.I choose comfort over being seen;
calm feels safer than honesty.
Light doesn’t rush, doesn’t accuse,
it waits where the shadows lose.I’ve thought about sitting in the night,
calling familiar good enough light.
Still something in me wants more
than the dark I’ve learned before.When the light gets close,
I breathe again, I let it show.This dark road keeps winding on,
no signs, no shortcuts to lean on.
Your word’s a lamp at my feet,
light for the step in front of me.
I don’t make the light, I let it lead—
one more step in front of me.I don’t see the end.
I don’t feel brave.
I know standing still
isn’t the way.One unsure step, still moving ahead.
The path gets clearer while I walk it.
I’m walking the step in front of me.
These reflections aren’t meant to be read in order or consumed all at once. They’re markers along the path — moments where something shifted, where obedience mattered more than comfort, where God met me somewhere ordinary and changed the direction of the day.
Some posts are quiet. Some are uncomfortable. A few turn into songs because words alone couldn’t carry what needed to be said. All of them come from the same place: learning to trust God one step at a time.
If you’re new here, start with the reflections in the Trailhead section. They’re not instructions — they’re company. You don’t need to catch up or figure it all out. Just take the next step that’s in front of you.
And if you’ve been walking with me for awhile, welcome back. The road keeps unfolding. God keeps meeting us in the middle of it. And there’s always more to learn along the way.
Let’s keep going.
