"Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abides alone: but if it die, it brings forth
much fruit." John 12:24
You can tell the size of a Christian by what it takes to stop him. Hebrews 12:1 says we are to "run
with patience the race that is set before us." And this word "patience" is not used in the sense that
we use the word. It literally means "endurance."
Everybody knows that a runner is going to win or lose primarily by his endurance. You cannot
quit. When it hurts, you cannot quit. When your lungs are on fire, you cannot quit. When your
feet feel like lead, you cannot quit. When your sides ache, you cannot quit! You'll never be a
spiritual athlete if you're a quitter! No pain. No gain.
Thank God for His power that enables you to run the race and gain the victor's crown!
Have a wonderful and blessed Sunday!
Lots of Love!!!
Cathy
19 comments:
Thank you, Cathy.
Thank you for the wonderful words of encouragement!
Hugs, Lisa
Many,many times I have kept going only by the grace of God.
Through Him we can indeed do anything.
Good morning Cathy,
Wonderfully, and powerfully said !! Every word soo true .. Thanks for the inspiration !! God is good my friend .. Have a wonderful, blessed Sunday my friend ~
BiG HuGs
~tea~ xo
great post...GOD bless!
God bless you and may you have a sweet week!
d from homehaven
Amen!!!
Hi Cathy! This was so good and it goes along with Jeanne at Backyard Neighbor's porst about a Kept Woman!
Bless you,
Shelia ;)
I needed your blessing today....Trying to do a little blog catch up today...I have missed my blogging buddies the last ten days...
Wow - you really had me thinking on that one Cathy. I love how you explain that patience means endurance in that verse. And I also love all of the quotes throughout your blog - especially by C.S. Lewis. Those are great and so inspiring. May we all aspire to be Christians with endurance, that are impossible to stop!
xoxo,
Kim
Wow Cathy! You have no idea how I needed to read this today! Thank you for the post, it really made me think :)
Thank you Cathy...this was such a beautiful post.
Thanks for sharing such a heartfelt post Cathy. You are the sweetest friend to all.
Blessings to you this lovely evening.
~Melissa :)
Thank you Cathy, I needed this today! :)
xoxo
Kristi
Hi Cathy...I hope so much that you had a beautiful Sunday..and your week is wonderful as well.
I always love it when I see your sweet face little name up there in my comments.
Just beautiful, Cathy, and so encouraging!
Barb ♥
I love hearing The Word thru my blogfriends. Thank you my dear friend.
Thank you for this post. I needed it : ). God is so good. Thank you for stopping by to say "hi". I love hearing from you!
Blessings to you friend <3
What a beautiful and uplifting post. I needed this tonight, thank you for the inspiration. Your blog is always such a joy to visit.
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