Ah, Glorious Beginnings

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Don't you love life's beginnings;

buds, babies/tots,

 spring and summer mornings?!!

...the blip before time's telling tales

of blooms, birthdays and betrothals 

bearing us breath by breath toward life's twilight?!!

ah, glorious beginnings

so lovely to behold

a bursting bud, a baby

a sunrise, blush and gold

ah, garden, freshly planted

harboring renewed hope

ah, young love, dream enchanted

before life replies 'nope'

ah, verdant June showcasing

green-gleaming countryside

ah, jubilant joy gracing

a beaming groom and bride

ah, glorious beginnings

before Time takes its toll

Before the crucial endings

that prove the heart and soul

Ah beauty, stooped and weathered

Duty and battle-taught

Ah, holy harvest gathered

(the planting long forgot)

Ah, glorious survival

No wishing can pretend

surpassing every rival

with 'faithful to the end'

Janet Martin

1 Cor.2:24-25

Do you not know that in a race all the runners run,

 but only one receives the prize? 

Run in such a way as to take the prize.

 25Everyone who competes in the games trains with strict discipline. 

They do it for a crown that is perishable, 

but we do it for a crown that is imperishable.