Hey everyone. Just wanted to share a writing I did 14 years ago today. I hope it blesses you.
Do Not Quit!
When life is overwhelming and it seems you cannot bear another day, that you haven't the energy or the will to press forward...remember your strength, and the strength of God in you, and take ONE MORE STEP!
If you feel you cannot manage another step, stretch your arm toward heaven. Let the most high and powerful God take your hand and fill you with His love and refresh your soul. Let God fill you with renewed determination and an unquenchable passion to expose the lie. The lie that would have you believe that situations are more powerful than people.
The lie that with seeming compassion whispers:
"It's ok to give up, who could blame you? This is just too much for one person...so walk away, and don't worry about losing this one...what difference does quitting this one time make anyway? Anyone in your situation would do the same."Recognize the lie and show it for what it is, a plan for your ultimate defeat. Evil in its perverse desire wants to take you, to own you a piece at a time, via one small concession after another, until....you are defeated, no longer having the will or the desire to fight.
We mustn’t give any ground to evil, not one inch! When you start to feel broken or defeated, know that evil is breathing down your neck, his icy fingers tracing up your back and over your shoulders. He reaches for your throat to choke the breath, and the will, and the spirit from you.
When you sense defeat, name it for what it is...an evil plot to destroy you!
Lift your head and raise your hands and own your victory. Take defeat by the throat and push him to the ground, crushing him beneath your feet as you leave him lying powerless in the dirt...where he belongs.
Then, run! Not in fear but in euphoric triumph. Run headlong into battle, your sword held high, your shield before you, casting aside the frustrations and lies that trials place in your path!
As you round what seems to be that impossible corner, and see the prize is in sight, and hear the cheers of encouragement from the crowd, hold your head high...and press forward. Know that with each step you snatch victory from the jaws of defeat.
Know that this victory, this struggle overcome, this battle won, will not only be a source of accomplishment for you...but (and perhaps more importantly) a source of incredible inspiration to those who are beginning the turn into the seemingly impossible curve in their own race.
You, having triumphed over what seemed an insurmountable challenge, will be there…running alongside them, shouting words of encouragement, proclaiming their victory over the lie that is defeat.
Speak strength to the weary. Fill them with fuel for the fight. Watch as they press into the challenge...forcing another step. Reclaiming territory stolen by failure. Marking the trial..step by step as ground gained by the undying spirit of a man or a woman who WILL NOT QUIT!
-Author Penny Wittbrodt
(Copyright March 14, 2010)
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