Done?

My life as I have known it

Is taking a new turn;

One chapter is concluding,

A new one I will learn.

The fenced path I've been treading 

Is falling fast behind,

The path I now am entering

Is not quite so outlined.

Thru former days I've listened

To what's been taught to me,

And now it's time to practice

What I've been blessed to see.

Though vague is the horizon,

The Son is shining bright,

And thru the clouds He'll lead me

If I keep Him in my sight.

My learning is not over --

I've only just begun;

The sky is but the limit

Of knowledge to be won.

As I have gained good knowledge

Thru education's desk,

The school of life is shifting 

To a greater learning quest.

But, if my only goal

In all my greater learning

Is just to be esteemed,

What prize am I then earning?

Of this I am reminded,

While knowledge I desire,

That to whom much is given

Much more shall be required.

The Lord has placed before me

Some goals for which to strive:

The first, to bring Him glory;

And then to rebuild lives.

To bring my Savior glory,

I must His Word obey

With heart and soul and spirit,

In ALL I do and say.

And to the world around me

I must reflect the Lord,

And live a life that draws them

And points them to His Word.

Our Country's quickly falling

From what it once has been,

The values once held dearly

Are fain replaced by sin.

Great is the Foe's destruction

In homes across the land --

Disintegrating families

Uncertain of God's plan.

Lives are lost and dying

Untouched by Jesus' love,

They've tasted not His goodness

And graciousness thereof.

I'm called to be a lighthouse

In this dark night at sea,

A beacon warning others

Of dangers hard to see.

A shelter, strong and stable,

That's anchored to the Rock.

A warm haven of refuge,

From harsh storm winds a block.

A place the lost and weary

May come and find relief,

A light bewaring others of

The jagged rocky reef.

I'm not asked to fulfill

This calling all alone,

But with my family --

Christ shining in our home.

Time is quickly passing,

Still much have I to learn

For the wisdom from Above

My heart doth strongly yearn.

I'm cherishing the lessons

That have been taught to me,

While boldly pressing forward

to be what I should be.

No, I am not done learning;

I've only just begun,

And I'll continue learning

Until My race is run.

"Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do… reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus."                                      

~ Philippians 3:13, 14