"...let us run with patience

the race that is set before us...."

Hebrews 12:1

Though the present path be steep and rocky,

What lies ahead unknown,

Let us run with patience, Lord,

the race that is set before us.

Though friends may fail and desert us,

Foes ever present be,

Help us run with patience, Lord,

The race that is set before us.

Keep us faithful always to You

Whatever the path we trod

That we might run with patience, Lord,

The race that is set before us.

And through it all may we praise Your Name,

For it is only by Your power,

That we can run with patience, Lord,

The race that is set before us.

Faith L. Derickson

Copyright 1998