Today is Monday, January 15th, 2007; Karen's Korner #976

A writing by Shirley Choat:
 
          .... let us run with patience the race that is set before us. Hebrews 12:1
 
   The headmaster at the preparatory school in Great Britain announced that Sir Winston Churchill was coming to address the student body. He had attended there when he was a young man. The day Churchill was to be there the headmaster told the students that this man was one of greatest orators of all times, so they were to listen carefully and take plenty of notes.
 
  The morning came and Sir Winston graciously acknowledged his introduction and then said, "Young gentlemen, never give up, Never give up. NEVER GIVE UP! NEVER, NEVER, NEVER. and at that he sat down.  The students never forgot the sound advice they heard that day.
 
  Are you discouraged, are you faltering in some struggle? Have mounting pressures, persistent temptations, and heavy burdens weakened your resolve to follow Christ? Consider the example of Jesus, "who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame."
 
Looking to Him, run with patience the race before you and never, never give up.
 
    O for a faith that will not shrink
    Though pressed by many a foe,
    That will not tremble on the brink
    Of any earthly woe.
 
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: It's always too soon to quit.

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