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Traveling

Traveling, traveling, I am still traveling on.

With grim determination I must travel on

Along this road of life, where most of the journey

Is a challenging hill

With its many perilous precipices,

landslides, quicksand, and mire.

I must take heed and plant my feet firmly

Where they will not slip,

Lest I stumble and plunge to my death.

I have met others on the way

Who fell victim, lost their courage

And laid down and perished

Because their predecessors

Left no tracks, no maps,

Or landmarks for the journey

Upon which they embarked.

In that they lost their will to fight,

They relinquished their hold on life

And surrendered to death.

But I refuse to grant death so vague a victory.

No, not as long as I am able

To breathe a single breath of air.

I shall not cease until a victory I have won.

Traveling, traveling, I must continue to travel on

Visions of hope I now can see.

Indeed, frequently they visit me

Dreams of victory now dwell

Where doubt and despair once resided.

Faith and patience I have adopted

For my companions and constant guides while I stride.

Hand in hand we travel, side by side.

As my strength decreases, my courage increases.

When my weary feet falter and I stumble,

I summon all my will

To help me climb life’s challenging hill.

Oftentimes I wonder

If there is an end to life’s journey,

Or just a new beginning of a different phase

To a higher plane,

And when all hope seems gone and burdened with gloom

In the midst of all despair, there shines a gleam of hope.

The sun begins to rise, peeping through the clouds,

Shining its rays around. A welcoming sight to see.

I gaze and gaze upon it,

Transfixed with awe for some minutes,

Suspended in time as if

Time had stopped for a moment,

When a gentle voice whispers to me and says,

“Lo, I am with you always.”

All along my journey my Savior was with me,

And now a mountain to me

Is just a valley, turned upside down.

Far off in the distance, is that Mount Kilimanjaro?

Or could it be the peak of Mount Everest I see?

It really matters not to me,

My guide and Savior travels with me.