Feet in the Water

 Now the Jordan is at flood stage all during harvest. Yet as soon as the priests who carried the ark reached the Jordan and their feet touched the water’s edge, the water from upstream stopped flowing. It piled up in a heap a great distance away, at a town called Adam in the vicinity of Zarethan, while the water flowing down to the Sea of the Arabah (that is, the Dead Sea) was completely cut off. So the people crossed over opposite Jericho. ~ Joshua 3:15-16 (NIV)

A heavy box, flood-stage waters,
men in long, heavy robes
walking – with trepidation perhaps,
but walking nonetheless.
Steps into the scary, footfalls into faith.
Whether into the Jordan or into cutting words
one foot, next step, forward once more
our footfalls, too, move without knowledge,
confidence precarious, but move as told
with a prayer that we be shown
all through the day
what our next step is to be.*

* ​Alcoholics Anonymous, ​page 87