Ode to the Champions

[LucySmith]

Ode to the Champions ~
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Ode to the Champions ~
by Tom Krause

Who are these people -
These doers of deeds,
These dreamers of dreams
Who make us believe?

Who are these people
Who still win the day -
When the odds are against them
And strength fades away?

These people are champions,
For they never give in.
A heart beats within them
That is destined to win.

They follow their dreams
Though the journey seems far,
From the top of the mountain
They reach out to a star.

And when they have touched it -
When their journey is done -
They give to us hope
From the victories they won.

So here's to the champions -
To all their great deeds.
They follow their hearts
And become winners indeed.

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lucy

[israelthebride]

GOD YHSHWH allows oppression so that we will know that
we are HIS VICTORS, not victims.

oppress
1. To keep down by severe and unjust use of force or authority.
2. To weigh heavily on.
3. To overwhelm or crush.

victor
One who defeats an adversary;
the winner in a fight, battle, contest, or struggle.

victim
1. One who is harmed or killed by another.
2. A living creature slain and offered as a sacrifice during a religious rite.
3. One who is harmed by or made to suffer from an act, circumstance, agency, or condition.
4. A person who suffers injury, loss, or death as a result of a voluntary undertaking.
5. A person who is tricked, swindled, or taken advantage of.

To be oppressed during oppression makes one a victim.
To SUBMIT to GOD YHSHWH during oppression
MAKES one HIS VICTOR.

submit
1. To yield or surrender (oneself) to the will or authority of another.
2. To subject to a condition or process.
3. To commit (something) to the consideration or judgment of another.
4. To offer as a proposition or contention.

intr.
1. To give in to the authority, power, or desires of another.
2. To allow oneself to be subjected to something.

GOD YHSHWH IS the CHAMPION.
I AM HIS BODY.

LOVE, RICOEL