Call Back!

I found a poem that illustrates why I like to read about people who have walked the Christian pilgrimage ahead of me. (I also like to listen to them in person, but I'm reaching an age where there aren't so many "older" folks left.) Anyway, here's the poem by an unknown author:

Call Back!

If you have gone a little way ahead of me, call back--
It will cheer my heart and help my feet along the stony track.
And if, perchance, faith's light is dim, because the oil is low,
Your call will guide my lagging course as wearily I go.

Call back, and tell me that He went with you into the storm,
Call back, and say He kept you, when forest's roots were torn;
That when the heavens thundered, and the earthquake shook the hill,
He bore you up and held you where the very air was still.

And if you'll say He heard you when your prayer was but a cry,
And if you'll say He saw you through the night's sin-darkened sky,
If you have gone a little way ahead, O friend, call back--
It will cheer my heart and help my feet along the stony track.

Come to think of it, if it happens that I've been on this track longer than you have, I'd be very pleased if you could hear my voice "calling back," assuring you that God is fully reliable and will go with you, keep you, hold you, hear you, and see you at every turn of your road.

My eye hardly hurts this morning, and I'm feeling quite rested, looking forward to discussing the subject of hope at Sunday school. We have a good time with friends planned for this evening.

I hope your weekend has been restful and wonderful.

Carol