{"id":1188,"date":"2010-09-03T08:44:34","date_gmt":"2010-09-03T08:44:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/bibleandculture\/2010\/09\/what-will-you-do.html"},"modified":"2010-09-03T08:44:34","modified_gmt":"2010-09-03T08:44:34","slug":"what-will-you-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/bibleandculture\/2010\/09\/what-will-you-do.html","title":{"rendered":"What Will You Do?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Timberlake<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

What will you do<\/p>\n

When your race is through<\/p>\n

And you’re nowhere near the finish line?<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

What will you do<\/p>\n

When it doesn’t come true<\/p>\n

And you leave your dreams behind?<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

What will you do<\/p>\n

When folk look at you<\/p>\n

As if you were an antique?<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

What will you do<\/p>\n

When they laugh at you<\/p>\n

And you’ve lost your old mystique?<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

What will you do<\/p>\n

When He stands beside you<\/p>\n

Without a single admonishment?<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

What will you do<\/p>\n

When he makes all things new<\/p>\n

To your utter astonishment?<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Who will you be,<\/p>\n

When you finally see<\/p>\n

And not through a glass distorted?<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Whose will you be<\/p>\n

When your face to face<\/p>\n

With a God who’s just as reported?<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Sept. 2  <\/span>2010<\/p>\n

BW3<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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