Leap Of Faith Poem by Denis Martindale

A leap of faith is not a skip, or feeble change of pace,
It's running fast toward the tip and leaping from that place.
It's like the high jump needs that run so that the leap takes flight,
Yet doesn't work for everyone, as it needs all your might!
The jockey starts the race above his horse next to the rest
And knows he doesn't need to love that horse to pass the test.
It's win or lose, no in-between, and so that horse must fly!
The highest that it's ever been, not thinking what to try!
It conquers through each leap of faith, then lands upon the ground,
And still it runs, once it proves safe, no time to look around.
The race continues till it's done, that final foot and more!
The race continues till it's run, without a single flaw!

That's why each leap of faith takes flight, and why the horse must land,
And why each jockey must hold tight to do what he has planned.
And life is like that, now and then. It's not what we would choose!
We prove ourselves to God and men when even heroes lose!
You either treat life like a race, as God's great jockeys do,
Or sometimes fall flat on your face, as if you had no clue.
But there is faith each time you've planned to fight another day,
And there is faith when you don't stand, but slowly kneel to pray.
What is a man without a prayer? Forgiven all his sins?
What is a man who will not care, except each time he wins?
What is a man that God can't save, and won't get God's reward?
What is a man who finds that faith gets blessed in Christ the Lord?

And so, there comes a final day when life comes to an end!
A man has either learned to pray and trust what God must send!
A victory! A noble win that only faith achieves!
That comes to him who won't give in, and in the Lord believes!


Denis Martindale.1st July 2025.