2008-09-24 - go4gold
Don't you know that all those who race
Compete for the gold - to come in first place?
For this moment each did train.
So run that you may obtain.
Every man who strives to win
Is temperate in this regimen:
dietary practice, workout routine,
Every act must conform to this scene...
Now they exercise to win a gold medal that fades
But we fight for a prize - eternal glory that won't age
Therefore I so run as one who stays within the lane
Not as one who wavers on the track on which I train...
Therefore I so fight as one whose punches clean the clocks
Not as one who beats the air when I square off to box...
But I keep my body under control
I'd rather bruise my mortal soul
and bring it into subjection
I implement correction
Lest I ruin my testimony
Flesh out and become a phony
I'd rather blacken my own eyes
Than to be caught in compromise
lest I become disqualified
and mislead those for whom Christ died....
I'd rather blacken my own eye, be ostracized, socially die, take myself, kick my own ass, leave my job and drop my class, than risk the thing that matters most: the reason I must guard this post: the Father, Son and Holy Ghost, for whom my dream comes true, to give this love to you, to share one thing that's true, God's great love for you, and all that He went through, the cross - our payment due, when Christ went there for you, so you'd know this love too...
[1st Corinthians 9:24-27 -- paraphrased]
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