“Fight one more round. When your feet are so tired that you have to shuffle back to the centre of the ring, fight one more round. When your arms are so tired that you can hardly lift your hands to come on guard, fight one more round. When your nose is bleeding and your eyes are black and you are so tired you wish your opponent would crack you one on the jaw and put you to sleep, fight one more round – remembering that the man who always fights one more round is never whipped.”
- James Corbett
There have been countless times when I have felt the weight of the world at its greastest strength. Each time, it knocks the wind out of me if I am not ready to fight it. I had to learn to "prepare for the worst, but believe for the best". I had to learn to not dwell on negative moments, but instead see them as chances to utilize my inner strength (which I fully found in Christ). During these challenging times in my life, it was not easy to get up and keep going, but my faith in God kept me soaring. Niki Ochenski said, "I can do anything for half a second." Anybody can endure for half a second, but each time we continue to endure for another half a second, and another, and another, we get that much closer to overcoming the obstacle in front of us, or around us. So long as we keep getting up, we will never lose!
A Biblical teaching of this topic will be posted in the church blog asap!