for these moments

When I was a little girl, You had me. I spoke of you often, I never doubted You. I still feel like that little girl, hearing the stories of the bible, with no doubt in my mind, that all the animals fit on that boat, and that Jonah was swallowed by a big fish. Even when I was in my rebellious years, you were there, waiting for me to call you back and I knew it. At times you have felt distant, but I knew you were there, like a parent who has to allow me to do things on my own. At times I felt like the poem of footprints in the sand, you carried me, because I was to weak to walk on my own. You always know exactly what I need you to be, I trust when you feel distant, it's because I have the abilities in me from you, to do all things, I trust when I can't walk, at just the right time you are carrying me, when I stand on my own two feet you go before me, and guide me, and sometimes I believe you are right there beside me. When I have to stop and rest, you care for me, giving me the strength to go on. I never want to stop being Your little girl, yes I'm not little anymore, but my heart clings to You like a little girl leaping into her fathers arms. Believing You have all that I need. Knowing that You can do all things, and Trusting that You will.