We may not have everything we want, but may we never fail to fight for those things that truly matter in the end.
Yes most certainly, and I count all things to be a loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus, my Lord, for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and count them nothing but refuse, that I may gain Christ and be found in him… – Philippians 3, WEBBE
Sometimes a great crisis comes to test us. Something unexpected happens and we come to question everything we have ever worked for and believed in. A door of opportunity opens and we start to ask ourselves whether we must enter a new path or stay where we are.
Are the things we are currently striving for really worth protecting? Are the things we hold dear really that precious to us to continue holding on to? What if holding on isn’t as easy anymore as it was? What if staying would eventually require a difficult sacrifice on our part?
Must we let go when the journey is no longer convenient or the path no longer strewn with flowers? Must we give up when we are called to be braver and stronger than we think we are?
Times of crisis comes not to take away what we have worked so hard for. It comes to make us see better what we really have and what we are giving up. It comes to show us the things we are willing to sacrifice for, the things we are ready to fight for to the very end.
I’ll Fight For What We Have
I just want to let you know
that I will be fighting
for what we have.
I will not give in,
I will not give up.
Though there are times
when we seem so far apart,
Times when memories of our love
seem to fade away
and I can barely
find a trace
of the happiness we’ve had,
Still I will go on,
I’ll be fighting for what we have.
You had always been the strong one,
You had always been
the one who fought for us,
and now I know
that you want me to be strong, too.
You want me
to have courage
even when everything appears
to be falling apart.
You want me to believe,
and i will fight in order
to believe,
to hope,
to love
to the very end
with you,
beside you,
for you.
I will be fighting for
what we have
and I will not let anything
take away
that one thing
that is truly worth
fighting for.
Check Jocelyn's books:
"Of Waves and Butterflies: Poems on Grief", "Mend My Broken Heart", "Questions to God", "To Love an Invisible God", "Defending My Catholic Faith", and more - click here.
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