The Point of No Return-a hymn

CHRIST IN WINTER: Reflections on Faith from a Place of Winter for the Years of Winter… ©

Every once in a while I write a hymn. I have a tune for this one, but I can’t write music, so you’ll have to make do with “just words.” It’s simple, though, so you can figure out a tune for yourself.

VERSE 1

We are but dust in this one life, in the middle of the strife,

As we journey toward the place for which we yearn.

Our strength is almost gone, we’re too weary to go on,

But my friends, we’re at the point of no return.

REFRAIN:

No return. No return.

Let us push on toward the joy for which we yearn.

Fellow pilgrim, take my hand; let us join the upward band,

For my friends, we’re at the point of no return.

VERSE 2

In the desert we did wander, we began to look back yonder,

To the life of slavery we desired to turn.

Moses struck water with his staff, and he killed that golden calf.

He said, Friends, we’re at the point of no return.

REFRAIN:

No return. No return.

Let us push on toward the joy for which we yearn.

Fellow pilgrim, take my hand; let us join the upward band,

For my friends, we’re at the point of no return.

VERSE 3

Jesus walked that lonely road, burdened by a heavy load.

No one else could see the shadow of the cross.

His disciples ran in fright, but Jesus’ face was toward the light.

He knew we could not gain without his loss.

REFRAIN:

No return. No return.

Let us push on toward the joy for which we yearn.

Fellow pilgrim, take my hand; let us join the upward band,

For my friends, we’re at the point of no return.

John Robert McFarland

johnrobertmcfarland@gmail.com

The “place of winter” mentioned in the title line is Iron Mountain, in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula [The UP], where life is defined by winter even in the summer! [This phrase is explained in the post for March 20, 2014.]

I used to keep a careful index of all the things I told in this blog so that I would not repeat. That has become unwieldy. Now I just trust to… what’s it called… oh, yes, memory. Sorry about repeats.

I have also started an author blog, “Just Words,” about writing and reading, in preparation for the publication, by Black Opal Books, of my novel, VETS, about four handicapped and homeless Iraqistan veterans who are accused of murdering a VA doctor, in 2015. http://johnrobertmcfarland-author.blogspot.com/

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