For Starters

Hebrews 3:14-16

For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;

While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.

For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses. (KJV)

“It was only a matter of being willing to believe in a Power greater than myself. Nothing more was required of me to make my beginning. I saw that growth could start from that point. Upon a foundation of complete willingness I might build what I saw in my friend.” (Alcoholics Anonymous, page 12)

The beginning of our confidence,
willingness to believe,
unhardened hearts
not provoking —
steadfast to the end,
steadfast but – just these baby steps,
not fulfillment,
not worthy lives,
abounding wisdom —
just the beginning,
in the beginning and lasting
to the end,
even if it’s just the beginning
but maybe the wisdom,
the worth
will slip in.

God, you know I want to do
full-blown or not at all,
need to hide my ineptness, my humanity.
Thanks for willingness to believe,
for taking what I can give
and growing it.