Human Race...

The race is on; the finish line

Is a place no one can define

Yet all of us, foolish and wise

Are pressing on toward its Prize

The race is on; not all will win

Or hear that wondrous ‘enter in’

Only those who believe receive

The Prize that waits; let none deceive

Then let us try, earnest and wise

To run as one who seeks the Prize

So when the finish line is plain

We did not run life’s race in vain

© Janet Martin

Of Faithfulness and Finish-lines

PAD Challenge Day 1: Write a beginning and ending poem

It is not in how we begin

That tests what is inside

But it is how we finish

That will prove how hard we tried

No, the beginning of a race

Is not where we define

Man’s strength of character and will

But at the finish-line

Endurance is not proven where

We start with burst of youth

But as we reach the finish-line

The end reveals the truth

© Janet Martin

May these words be our earthly farewell victory-cry...

 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. 2 Tim. 4:7

The Finish

Tis not the start of the race we applaud
Though we cheer the participant on
Tis as they cross the finish line
We clap and say ‘well done’

Many begin this race with hope
And good intentions too
But then become distracted
By a kinder avenue

It’s not easy to persevere
Fighting through wind and rain
But oh, how sad, if, at the end of life’s race
We have run in vain

Janet~

I remember my dad telling us this…
It’s not by how we begin that we will be remembered…
But by how we finish!

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. 2 Tim.4:7