Did you know many of the more serious problems we face in life are not a challenge to our intelligence, social status, or economic makeup, but a challenge to our ability to keep going and not quit.
Let me share with you a quick story. The original expedition that charted the river that runs through the Grand Canyon consisted of eight men. As they spent many days charting their course through perilous rapids many of the supplies, most of their personal belonging, and even a few men were lost. Those who remained pushed forward. As they awoke from the campsite they saw the river bend into more rapids. Two of the men said they had had enough. They were not going forward another inch. They instead packed their belongings and headed up the canyon to a small town, which according to their map was only a few miles away. They were never seen again. Those who stayed on the River? The rapids they faced around the bend were only a few hundred yards long and they were the last rapids the expedition would face – it was calm waters thereafter.
Stay focused. Try again! Try again after that! Do everything you can but don’t quit. You can make it!
- Pastor Darryl Crain
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