Poem March 8, 1958 Issue

THE NEXT STEP

Myrtle Daugherty

JOURNEYING Truth's path,
I wait to know the next step I shall take.
With Paul, in blindness, I may ask,
"Lord, what wilt Thou have me to do?"

Is it to be the patient treading
Of some loving second mile
Where human will opposing human will
Has made a seeming impasse?

Will it be
A meek return over the stony road
Of ignorant or willful straying,
With each retraced move accompanied
By deep penitential praying?

Shall it be a joyous stepping forth
To show a gratitude I had neglected?
Or a bold, forward, sudden stride to grasp
Some good beyond the humanly expected?

Quiet, I wait
To know the next step I shall take,
The step which God will show me,
Making my pathway plain.

Myrtle Daugherty

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