Keep right on to the end of the road

28 December 2018

Keep Right on to the end of the road

Every road through life is a long, long road,
Filled with joys and sorrows too,
As you journey on how your heart will yearn
For the things most dear to you.
With wealth and love 'tis so,
But onward we must go.


Chorus:
Keep right on to the end of the road,
Keep right on to the end,
If the way be long, let your heart be strong,
Keep right on round the bend.
If you're tired and weary still journey on,
Till you come to your happy abode,
Where all you love that you're dreaming of
Will be there at the end of the road.

As the New Year approaches, I'm reminded of this old song that in my family,  always used to be sung around New Year's Eve. It was a song recorded by the infamous Scot, Sir Harry Lauder in 1926. I remember it so well as a child.
The words of the song could be taken as Christian. However I'm not sure they were intended to be. They remind of words the Apostle Paul used in Philippians Chapter 3:12 - 16.

'Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended ; but one thing I do, forgetting these things which are behind, and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.' v 13 - 14

Sometimes when things push us to the brink and there does not appear to be a way forward, it would be so easy to throw the towel in, give up and walk away. But come on we are Children of the King of Kings. If He says we can do this, then we can do this. We've come too far to pack it all in. Your goal may be just around the corner. You haven't struggled this long to falter.
Dust your bible down, get a coffee and spend some time with Jesus. Press on.