How Do I Get To Zion?

It's over here
No, It's over there
many fingers
point in many directions
Some say, " Come and see" ( Matt. 24:23)
But I know
it's a road that not many go on.
The road to Zion
is narrow,
full of hardship
with the hope
of everlasting joy
at its' end (Matt. 7:13,14).
But to get there my friend,
is the price of the ticket;
that is the struggle-
to get up each and everyday
even with mishaps and setbacks
failures and defeats
and with the memories
of good friends we've lost along the way ( 2 Cor. 4:16,17).
But thou art with me, O Lord ( Ps. 23:4)
and so I march
through the ups and downs,
the tears and pain,
in the rain, in the sunshine at noonday
I lift my head up
for you hold me up
If it were not for your love and mercy, O God
I would have fallen
never to get up again
I would have gone down
to the pit whole ( Ps.18:28, 32)
But now
I press forward
reaching for the prize ( Phil. 3: 13,14)
realizing this is my marathon
and the fight for the championship ( 1 Cor. 9:24, 26)
and You, God, said I could
Win ( 1 Cor. 15:57)


" By faith all things are possible"...
Mark 9:23 


Shalam,
Zarach