a view from under the pew: the faith dream

amos the churchmouse:

a view from under the pew

Editor’s note: Amos is a churchmouse, who types by hopping on the computer keyboard, but he can’t operate the capital shift keys, and he shuns punctuation marks – except dashes and hyphens.

the faith dream

boss i had a strange dream the

other night it had to do with

what faith really means

in the dream i was walking

through a setting of beautiful

woods and meadows until i

came to an extremely deep chasm

both edges of the chasm fell

away sharply straight down

for hundreds of feet

boss i wanted desperately to

cross over to the lush verdant

beauty on the other side but no

bridge was anywhere to be found

as i was standing there on the

chasm s edge contemplating

what to do the word of the lord

came into my consciousness

cross over to the other side

says god to me

but lord there s no bridge

you start walking across and i

will provide the bridge says he

wait a minute lord says me

you build the bridge and then

i ll cross over how about that

no the answer came

you take a step over the edge

and i ll put down a plank for you

but lord i can t do that

do you want to obey me

yes lord but -

do you want my best that i

have prepared for you

yes lord

take a step over the edge

but lord -

do you believe that i can -

and will - do what i said

yes lord

then take the step

all right lord

so boss in fear and trembling i

poised my mousy self over the

edge of the chasm lifted my

front paw and dangled it

out into the thin air

just for a moment i hesitated

and then summoning every

ounce of whatever will was

within me based on my faith

in his word i brought my little

foot down over the edge of that

frightening chasm

and boss you won t believe it

but a plank suddenly

materialized right under my

paw - exclamation point here

oh god i m so glad you did that

says me gratefully

take another step

that s what i thought you said

says me but listen lord there s

only one plank out there and

it doesn t have enough room

on it for my other foot

take another step

all right lord

but boss it was tough i put my

weight on the plank very slowly

brought up my other little foot

and lowered it into the air over

the chasm