“Between now and then”

“Between now and then”

Somewhere across this valley, I’ll reach my finial home.

I’ll hear the angels singing; look upon God’s golden throne.

Someday I’ll bid farewell to this fleshly coat of sin.

But I still have a ways to go, between now and then.

I still have mountains yet to climb before I get there.

I have unfinished tasks, Godly things I need to share.

I have troubled days ahead, and trials I can’t win.

I have deserts yet to cross between now and then.

I get discouraged when my world turns upside down.

At times I get frightened at the evil all around.

I’m racing to the finish line; it could be around the next bend.

Just a few more laps to run, between now and then.

I feel my ship sinking as the winds tip my sails;

As I fight for control on life’s sea of stormy gales.

But Jesus is my Captain until the voyage ends;

And there are just a few more waves, between now and then.

(Mae Buckel 2013)

1 Corinthians 9:24

Know you not that they who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? So run, that you may obtain.