When First I Heard the Whisper is a collection of poems written over the span of 15 years. Fred Causley draws inspiration and guidance from the Holy Spirit through ordinary day-to-day situations, from driving down the highway to paying bills. The book is formatted as a devotional with a short discussion on the left page that inspired the poem which is placed on the right page. Bible references are included as a backup to theological points found in the poem. The references are provided to encourage the reader to go to God's Word to check them out for themselves. Each poem is written in a rhyming style that makes the meaning fairly easy to understand, especially if the reader has even a passing acquaintance with the Bible.