I was only ankle deep,
When I first stepped in,
The waters came on,
Forgiving my sin.
Then up to my knees
With another step,
I learned of His love,
And with joy I wept.
Up to my waist,
I found myself,
Learning to lean on Him,
Finding out about His wealth.
Over my head,
I jumped in,
Swimming in His love,
And His power from within
Author's Notes/Comments:
We are not born again ready to take off and function as a mature Christian. We must feed on God�s word, allowing it to give us the spiritual nutrition
necessary to grow into what God wants us to be as His servants. What I find amazing is how our
perception of that growth changes. I wrote this poem as a 17 year old. I fully understood what it
meant to me at that time.
What has happened as I have aged is that the water level changes! What was waist deep at 17 became knee deep at 20 forcing me to continue to take those steps forward to keep myself
saturated in God.
Over my head at 25 is now maybe waist deep and once again I�m finding myself needing to step forward - - taking new steps into unfamiliar territory - - growing, changing and getting deeper and deeper in the Father�s water of forgiveness, love compassion, grace, mercy ....
wow..this poem is like...amazing! Great job!! And its funny how you wrote it at 17..yet keep going back to knee deep then waist again...I definately know how that feels. I can relate to this poem very well....
Keep writing
~Chels~