I Will Finish Well
By Susan Vaughan Shumake
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I see myself fighting desperately for freedom
I was there with you before
I was free–
Free to be all that you intended me to be
Free to be with you
And then I lost myself
And forgot who I was, why I am
Who you meant for me to be
I was with you, and suddenly I am alone
I have been lost
Paving my own way as you have watched
You have watched me come to an end–
To the end of a road that only led to nowhere
And you, in your grace, are leading me back
I can see it
I can feel it
I am almost there and you are pulling me
Pulling me to the finish line
I will make it
I will not fail
I will finish well
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Jeremiah 31:3-4
The Lord appeared to us in the past saying:
“I have loved you with an everlasting love;
I have drawn you with loving-kindness.
I will build you up again
and you will be rebuilt, O Virgin Israel.
Again you will take up your tambourines
and go out to dance with the joyful.”
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