Never Give UpDo Ever Feel Helpless and Hopeless...As Though All Your Efforts Have Been In Vain!This Story Will Inspire You AndEncourage Your Faith...To Keep Fighting And Never Give UpNever Give Up was written for 21st Century Christianity by Max O'Neill Though Derek Didn't Win The GoldHe Did Win The Gold In Life
Sometimes We Win
Sometimes We Loose But God Didn't Say ... "Well Done Thou Good and 'Successful' Servant" He Said... "Well Done Thou Good and 'Faithful' Servant" Matthew 25:21 Finishing Our Race in Faith Is More Important than Winning It Takes "Guts & Heart"To Finish The Race That Is Set Before Us
Derek Redmond was prepared for the 400m semifinal race at the Olympics in Barcelona in 1992. He felt he was in the best shape of his life. Despite 8 operations on his Achilles tendons over the past 4 years, he felt very confident. His father Jim, sitting in the stands, also had high hopes. Jim and his son were very close and he made it to all of the championship races.Derek gets off to a good start. Coming around the first bend in the track, tragedy struck as Derek’s hamstring went. Initially he thought he had been shot because the pain was so great. His leg would not function. London’s The Guardian newspaper quoted him, “Everything I had worked for was finished. I hated everybody. I hated the world. I hated hamstrings. I hated it all. I felt so bitter that I was injured again... but then I woke up and realized that despite the pain... despite the heartbreak... I had to finish... I couldn't quit. I kept hopping round. Then, with 100 metres to go, I felt a hand on my shoulder. It was my old man who really loved me and he was there to lift me up and help me.”
When Derek fell to the ground he could have laid there like a thousand other athletes before him... and no one would have ever heard from him again.Instead He Got Up and Refused to Quit...Derek hopped on one leg for half a lap before his father came to his aid. Together they finished the race arm-in-arm to a standing ovation. Now, some 17 years after the race, not many people remember who won that semi-final race or who even won the final. But, many still remember Derek Redmond. Because dispite the pain... despite the heartache... Despite It All... With the Help of His Loving Dad... He Finished the Race! He kept going till he reached the finish line!
May God Help Us To Do The Same!
Hebrews 12 1Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, 2Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. 3For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds. Today Derek Redmond is an Inspirational SpeakerHe Travels the World With One Golden MessageOne That He Lived on that Fateful day in BarcelonaOne That Every Person In Life Who Has Ever Fallen Needs To HearThat Message is..." Never Give Up "Finish Your Race No Matter What!
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