You may feel like quiting today. Circumstances are against you, friends and family have let you down and you just dont know if you can keep going. Read this little devotion from Phillip Yancy on Endurance. It will help you put one foot in front of the other till you cross the finish line.
Don't stop running...finish well!
Illustration: Philip Yancey tells of a letter he received from a friend whose daughter, Peggie, was terminally ill. The mother wrote:
The weekend before she went into the hospital for the last time, Peggie came home all excited about a quotation from William Barclay that her minister had used. She was so taken with it that she had copied it down on a 3 x 5 card for me: "Endurance is not just the ability to bear a hard thing, but to turn it into glory." She said her minister must have had a hard week, because after he read it he banged the pulpit and then turned his back to them and cried. (Source: Philip Yancey, Disappointment with God (Zondervan, 1997), p. 157)
Yes, life can be tough. Funerals come unexpectedly. Doctors read reports that spell out very bad news. Relationships sour. Stock-market losses mean dramatic change to retirement incomes, investments, and financial security.
In the midst of any bad news, it is critically important to stay the course, and to work hard, always moving toward the finish line.
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