…a person at the threshold of curiosity is not yet open to personal change. Curiosity is still essentially passive, but it’s more than mere trust. ~Mark Shea

 

Came to believe then Made a decision.
Is that the whole progression?
No, probably not, though everyone’s path
differs from everyone’s path.
What is necessary for coming to believe?
We know from listening in the rooms
about those who act as if, who choose the group,
who think of the chair that holds them up.
We can accept that others have had results
and believe in third person for a while.
But it’s passive when it starts, curiosity,
a willingness for it to be true but acting on it…
that’s a further step.
But is that Step Three? Not really. Not always at least.
Made a decision to turn our will and our lives
over to God as we understand Him.
Deciding to and turning it over are not the same.
It’s closer, though. It’s longing to be able to trust
and trust implicitly, knowing we’ll be caught,
that we’re safe in His Hands.