I Trust You … Durodoluwa Aina

I Trust You

by Durodoluwa Aina

We got out of sync again.

I don’t even know how it happened.

I was surely in Your arms My arm on Your shoulder, Yours on the small of my back.

One step forward (1), One step sideways (2), One step backward (3), One step sideways (4).

I’m hypnotized by the perfect rhythm we have.

You loved me first.

One step forward (1), One step sideways (2), One step backward (3), One step sideways (4).

So how can I not love You in return?

One step forward (1), One step sideways (2), One step backward (3),

Your eyes, as always, are locked on mine Always sure, always steady,

Never in a hurry.

Ah, but as always, I am.

One step forward (1), One step sideways (2), One step backward (3), One step sideways (4).

Your pace is perfect, Your waltz warm and embracing.

One step forward (1), One step sideways (2), One step backward (3), One step sideways (4).

Yet I struggle and complain. I move my feet faster, ignoring Your steps, desperately trying to speed things up.

One step forward (1), One step sideways (2), One step backward (3), One step sideways (4).

But Your love for me causes You not to budge. My scattered movements don’t phase You.

“Slow down, My love, slow down and dance with Me.”

“I am dancing,” I complain, “You’re just not keeping time with me.”

“Because My pace is better.”

His pace is better.

At His pace, I don’t strive. At His pace, I don’t have to be perfect. At His pace, I am seen. At His pace, I am already fully loved.

One step forward (1), One step sideways (2), One step backward (3), One step sideways (4).

“But graduating! And marriage! And children! And ministry! My career, The future!

Do You not care? How will we reach them in time?”

“At My Pace in My perfect timing.”

One step forward (1),

One step sideways (2), One step backward (3), One step sideways (4).

“At My Pace, you will achieve out of My love and an overflow of My spirit in you.”

“At My Pace, you will live knowing how fully and wholly loved you are.”

My eyes water But my heart calms.

And slowly, ever so slowly,

I get back in sync again.

I slow down to hear Your voice better, To feel Your breath on mine, To place my head on Your chest, And to keep my steps in time with Yours.

One step forward (1), One step sideways (2), One step backward (3), One step sideways (4).

“I trust you, Jireh.”

One step forward (1), One step sideways (2), One step backward (3),