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The Prize We All Want to Win--Read this beautiful and thought provoking poem by Betty Spence, Hugh's News poet Laureate

9/6/2016

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PictureBetty Spence, Poet Laureate for Hugh's News
Dear Lord, help me run
​the Christian race
​in such a way
as to win a crown
​that unlike a festive garland
​of laurel leaves
​will hardly last the day.
​Lord of runners and contests,
​help me go all out
​for the mastery of the one prize
​whose crowning achievement
​is eternal life.
Betty Spence

 [Editor's Comment: As I read and composed Betty Spence's poem from her book, Daystar--Reflections, Prayers and Poems, I thought of two Scriptures: Philippians 3:14, "I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus." And . . . John 17:3, "Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent" (NIV).
​     Betty Spence earned a B. A. degree in 1978 from the University of South Alabama as a mature student. During post-graduate studies at USA she studied  poetry with Dr. Sue B. Walker, Alabama Poet Laureate emeritus.  Spence has had over poems in secular and religious publications. Her poetry books include Reading Sentences, a chapbook of Pen Pal Poetry written with Bettye K. Wray, and Pinned-on Wings ​(Timberline Press (2004).  
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