patience, not pride

Better is the end of a thing than its beginning,

and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

Ecclesiastes 7:8

At the start

of something new

my foolish heart

may not trust God through

but try to do

a thing alone

and caught up in the new

stray far from my home

But the end comes

all too soon

and if my plans run

ahead of God, Who

sees all things and knows

their end for His name

I can miss what He shows

is His glory and fame

Better is the end

of a thing I see

for God can send

comfort and security

from start to finish

Jesus is Lord

nothing should diminish

His power and Word

Future glory awaits

me if I will see

that heaven’s gates

will open to perfect glory

God made beginning and end

for the praise of His grace

my will should then Ben

to look at His face.