57 Reasons I Can't Quit Now

No Regrets
You Wanna Bet
Just wait til you turn fifty
Through everything you’ve ever done
You suddenly start sifting

Counting failures, broken dreams
And things I could have done
Excuses, blame and rational
For me the battle had begun

The past was not my enemy
And failure not my foe
My fears would cause my sure defeat
If I could not let go

Fear there was no time to start
Or no time to finish
That the passions in my heart
Just could not be replenished

The past has been defeated by
The knowledge that God’s near
And when I give them all to Him
His perfect love casts out my fears

Now anything is possible
My hopes deferred set free
I can’t go back I can’t remain
The future holds my victory

The Courage to Be Free & the Freedom to Be Courageous

They had the courage to stand and fight
 For man’s most essential rights
The courage to begin again
Down the untried path of a virgin plan

They weathered the tests and trials unknown
 And continued to work, to build and to grow
 A sanctuary where all could find
 Freedom for hearts and souls and minds

The blood bought freedom that we must maintain
Is the freedom to stand and the courage to change
The things that would find us bound again
When power corrupt our freedoms demand

To believe in what’s right – not from afar
But be willing to fight for who we are
May our freedom give us the courage we need
To honor their lives in word and deed

To stand on our honor, our faith and the truth
May Freedom for all be our lasting pursuit

Ebb and Flow

Constant momentum beneath a tranquil façade

            Awakened and stirred to a frenzied pitch

With relentless increase its power overwhelms

            Unleashed and remorseless its hunger fulfills

 Then nobly retreating at an unhurried pace

             Slipping back into the guise of serenity

 Its ambitious desires known only by God

             Hindered, barely, by the feeble arms of earth