I don’t want to be a quitter. I don’t want to be a one more,
a seen more, a need more, a have more, or a gone more. I don’t wanna be
forgetter. I don’t want to be a regretter. I don’t wanna be a wish I was, wish
I wasn’t I don’t wanna be a has been, a once was a could a been or should a
been.
I want to be a
finisher.
I don’t want to be pulled aside, passed by, a first try, a
run thru, a walked over, or soon forgotten. Put me in. I want to be the one who
goes till the end, till the bell rings, till the line is crossed, till the
paper’s signed, till the gavel
falls, till the goal is reached. I want to be the one who crosses the line with
nothing left giving everything to the one who has given every last breath,
every bit of his strength, every emotion of his heart for my soul.
I want to be like Him. I want to be the
one who wasted no time. Who didn’t let the past hold him, the worries trip him,
or the sidelines distract him.
Here am I send me! Push me, pull me, drag me, trip me, hit me, but you
won’t stop me. It’s on! Like never before I will Go! I will fight for this very
moment, for each breath I breathe in, I will look to glorify Him in this
moment, in this minute, in this second, in this time.
This time is not my
own, but it is His. Bought with a price. A price that I, nor you, nor
anyone else of this world, nor the whole world itself could pay. From this
moment on and forever more this life is bought ransomed purchased and redeemed
from the dripping blood off of the
tree of Calvary. Purchased from the life of my father. My father, forgiver, redeemer, creator, provider,
protector, lover and judge.
The cost is my very own life, which is crucified along with
Him upon that cross. This I live is no longer mine to live. With His life he
has purchased my soul, my life, my body, my will, my heart, my mind and it will
not let it be a life wasted. My life is lost to myself. For whoever wants to gain his life must
lose it. I will carry on with His penetrating, loving, gripping, and all
consuming gaze as my only focus. I will fight the good fight I will finish the
race, I will keep the faith. To His name be the glory forever and ever. HIS
NAME! forever and ever AMEN.
