THE FINISH LINE (UPDATED WITH SCRIPTURE)

IT'S MORNING AGAIN,

AND IT TAKES FOREVER 

FOR ME TO JUST GET OUT OF BED.

I'M PRAYING THAT 

THE DEMONS FROM MY DREAMS

WILL QUICKLY BE WASHED FROM MY MEMORY, OUT OF MY HEAD.

O, LORD,

HOW CAN I,

WHEN I WAS SO BLESSED YESTERDAY,

FEEL SO DOWN TODAY?

I'VE ACCEPTED THE FACT

THAT THIS PAIN

MAY BE HERE TO STAY.

AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT 

I SAY TO MYSELF,

AND TO OTHERS THAT ASK.

I KNOW YOU ARE ALWAYS BESIDE ME,

EVEN IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT,

WHEN THE SHADOWS SURROUND ME.

AND I KNOW I'M IN FOR A FIGHT

BECAUSE

I LOVE TO SPREAD THE GOOD NEWS

TO ANYONE THAT WILL LISTEN.

DESPITE YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES, 

IF YOU JUST GIVE YOUR LIFE TO HIM,

HE WILL COVER YOU

IN THE SHADOW OF HIS WINGS.

THERE ISN'T ANYTHING

IN HEAVEN ABOVE 

OR ON EARTH BELOW

THAT CAN COME AGAINST YOU 

THAT GOD DOESN'T KNOW,

DOESN'T ALLOW 

FOR A REASON, 

FOR A TIME, 

FOR A SEASON.

NOTHING LASTS FOREVER,

AND QUITE SOON 

WE WILL BE LOOKING BACK

AND WONDERING WHY 

WE LACKED FAITH IN GOD'S GRACE.

FOR IT IS WRITTEN 

THAT THIS LIFE IS JUST A RACE

TO THE FINISH LINE,

WHERE IN THE END 

WE WILL BASK 

IN THE SHINE OF HIS GLORIOUS FACE,

THE SHADOWS WILL SUBSIDE,

THERE WILL BE NOWHERE 

FOR THEM TO HIDE,

AND ONE DAY IN GOD'S PRESENCE AND GLORY

WILL MAKE OUR LIVES HERE ON EARTH

FADE AWAY AND 

JUST SEEM LIKE SOME 

STORY.

ECCLESIASTES 3:11

HE HAS ALSO SET ETERNITY
IN THE HUMAN HEART...