The loser has more in common with the winner than with the person sitting on the sidelines.
The winner and the loser each had the courage to try. Both risked embarrassment. Both were willing to face uncertainty. Both were stubborn enough to continue.
Success is endurance in disguise. It belongs to the person who can absorb the losses without absorbing the identity of "loser." It's the courage to start — and to stick with it — that is the real separator. Results tend to find the person who stays in the game.
The sidelines are safe, but sterile. Nothing grows there.
My absolute favourite Charlie Kirk quote. Ever. Never forget that we are a Christian nation founded on a covenant with God. Our unalienable rights do not exist if we take God away - then they become human rights & those can be as capricious as who happens to be in charge.
"Be kind, tenderhearted, forgiving each other...” (Eph.4:32). When we live humble and gentle, and get serious about practicing Jesus’ art of love, it’s a bouquet of grace, a banquet of beauty, Gospel aroma-therapy, a worship service in which angels dance and the Trinity rejoices.
“Therefore do not be anxious for tomorrow, because tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.”
Matthew 6:34 LEB https://t.co/SX8MwuYFyv
The Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. (1 Thessalonians 4:16–17 ESV)
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“A man’s mind plans his way [as he journeys through life], But the Lord directs his steps and establishes them. [Ps 37:23; Prov 20:24; Jer 10:23]”
Proverbs 16:9 AMP https://t.co/M0WgLBOzfw
I split problems into two groups: muddy puddles and leaky ceilings.
Some problems are like muddy puddles. The way to clear a muddy puddle is to leave it alone. The more you mess with it, the muddier it becomes. Many of the problems I dream up when I'm overthinking or worrying or ruminating fall into this category. Is life really falling apart or am I just in a sour mood? Is this as hard as I'm making it or do I just need to go work out? Drink some water. Go for a walk. Get some sleep. Go do something else and give the puddle time to turn clear.
Other problems are like a leaky ceiling. Ignore a small leak and it will always widen. Relationship tension that goes unaddressed. Overspending that becomes a habit. One missed workout drifting into months of inactivity. Some problems multiply when left unattended. You need to intervene now.
Are you dealing with a leak or a puddle?
Abba, though we whine, wince, and worry—in our most Gospel-sane moments we know you do “all things well” (Mk.7:37) and are making all things new and beautiful through Jesus. You are faithful and loving; and all of your eternal decrees are bedrock, “bankable,” and bodacious.
You and I should never grow accustomed to the miracle of God answering us when we pray. It's an amazing thing that he would even listen, let alone respond.
““He who is faithful in a very little thing is also faithful in much; and he who is dishonest in a very little thing is also dishonest in much.”
Luke 16:10 AMP https://t.co/M6Pc1HaBTA