Just Learning My Faith's Ways
by Michael Doyle

Just learning, I managed my doubts
Finding out what God's all about
There was so much to take in
When I was looking to escape my sins

Of all the miracles, like the virgin birth
It challenges most for what it's worth
Still, it was self-righteous Pharisees
And other religious hypocrites like the Sadducees

The disciples watched what Jesus did
Then, emulated this, keeping nothing hid
Feeding the 5000 bread and fish one day
We learned that no one else does this this way

Miracles out of nowhere led to progress
They reveal themselves necessary to pass life's tests
Resurrection necessarily links in Christ's incarnation
In all, this is a new life for the Christian nation

Received in faith, we unite with God's trust
Being reliable and reachable as they must
Searching the margins for the risks to undertake
All for the good of God's holy sake

Acts of God require some plausibility
Found in the holiest of supernatural possibility
Faith is never a kind of blind leap
It's more a matter of promises meant to keep

Faith is not a genie released with a blank check
Or an invitation to make a life into a wreck
But faith is always our best, first and last choice
It's that last celestial spark that follows God's voice

The Bible is not just pastoral words of inspiration
But when heard, it is the true story of creation
Whispered in echoes of blessed bits of truth
That we hold close to our hearts from our youth

There's an abundant sharing of outward grace
When humanity is cleansed through God's embrace
All of us are damned with and through accidental intent
Until we are saved through the grace of Christ-sent

Sinless and yet with us, Jesus lived and walked
Among us, as in His example, He taught and talked
It was in a virgin birth that he was conceived
Then, He taught us the theology that we received

Announced to His people and to His nation
Were the doings of our merciful salvation
All of this coming for our own higher good
It is the faith of Christ best understood

(c) December 15, 2024    Michael Doyle
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