Keep planning for the future instead
of dreaming of the past,
Yes, planning on those years ahead
where promises are cast.

Keep searching for some hills to climb,
some rivers to be spanned,
Some trails to blaze, some heights to soar
and ships that must be manned.

Keep searching for the yet unfound
and for some tasks to do,
Some fields to plow, some crops to tend
and missions to pursue.

Keep looking toward tomorrow and
surprises it will bring;
Just looking for the robin and
the songs you know he’ll sing.

Keep planning for the future, yes,
and of the years to be,
The years so full of promises
ahead of you and me.

And there you’ll find a world unstained
where pathways are untrod,
Where sun shines bright and grass grows green
and where there’s peace with God.