For Doris

Just Enough Light

By Stormie O’Martian

Sometimes only the step I’m on,

or the very next one ahead,

is all that is illuminated for me.

God gives just the amount of light I need

for the exact moment I need it.

At those times I walk in surrender to faith,

unable to see the future

and not fully comprehending the past.

And because it is God who has given me

what light I have,

I know I must reject fear and doubt

that threatens to overtake me.

I must determine to be content where I am,

and allow God to get me where I need to go.

I walk forward,

one step at a time,

fully trusting that the light God sheds

is absolutely sufficient.