As We Press Toward the Goal

Dawn’s hoists its mast, ahoy, we cast off to another day

Who knows, but our Captain the full of its come-what-may...

Some of my come-what-may suddenly needs to include a grocery run

when a sudden discovery is made that the household

is in short supply of bathroom tissue!

Nothing quite commands our attention like an empty roll😅😂

It's another frigid and blustery 'ahoy' in southern Ontario

 I LOVE this song as regular readers over the years, may guess😅🙏

Life sometimes tests our focus as we press toward the goal

Its Glance of Circumstances sometimes blinds us to the Whole

Where Time is like a Barge, heaped with its charge of creature care

And we are like the crew, appointed to our sacred share

Of doing our part to serve, first God, then fellowman

And not to grumble at the task, but do the best we can

With humble recognition of that Final Port of Call

When we will meet the Captain and give account for it all

Sometimes we become disillusioned by That Which Is Not

And seeds of discontentment may start to sprout in our thought

And sometimes we forget, in the belly of much-to-do

The Captain’s main concern is for the welfare of the crew

And though his methods of correction may vex you and me

He never fails; his love is steadfast as steadfast can be

A hand upon the shoulder and an anchor for the Soul

To fit us for each tumult, as we press toward the goal

Dawn’s hoists its mast, ahoy, we cast off to another day

Who knows, but our Captain the full of its come-what-may

But if we trust His promises and follow His command

He will not let us blow off course or wallow in quicksand

Though sometimes we are puzzled by the strategies He takes

To reel in our focus till the last stubborn hold breaks

Then, as we surrender both want and will to His control

We will be of good courage as we press toward the Goal

© Janet Martin

Hebrews 3:1 (BSB)

Therefore, holy brothers, who share in the heavenly calling,

 set your focus on Jesus, 

the apostle and high priest whom we confess.

Lord, lest we who ought to by now be anchored unwaveringly in the faith

we confessed as a child, 

lest we wallow in doubt and disillusionment,

and neglect to teach by setting a mature, humble and godly example  

for our children and grandchildren as we ought,

adjust our focus where needful, to remain fixed on you, 

and not the Glance of Circumstance!

Amen