Don’t Give Up…They need to hear it from you

Don’t Give Up…They need to hear it from you

We can get tired…but we can’t give up…not an option

If we give up…they may give up…

We don’t know the full definition of who…they are

And if they give up…somebody else may give up…

We don’t know who they are or who somebody else is…

Or what they have been created to do…

And so if their strength…depends on our strength…

If their faith…depends on our faith…

If their commitment…depends on our commitment…

Then…well…giving up…is not an option

Because our lives are not…just our lives…

Our life…affects the lives of others

We can be a help…or a hindrance

We can encourage…or discourage

We can be the suture…or the scalpel

What we do…and who we are…matters

My son was the last leg of a relay race…

His team was almost in last place…

He started running down the other teams…

I could see him getting tired…

I yelled with everything I had…

Run…son…run

His second wind came through…

I yelled him through the finish line

He later said that..with everything going on…

He could hear my voice…saying…

Run…son…run

He won that race that day…

And because he won…his entire team won…

And because his team won…the school won…

As you go through your day…

Remember that someone needs to hear your voice…

And your voice may be the only one...

That they can hear telling them to…

Run on…son…run on…daughter…

Run on…sister…run on…brother…

Run on my friend and you…person I don’t even know…

Run on…because when they win…families win…

Generations win…communities win…we win

If you don’t stay in the race…

You can’t win the race…physical…or spiritual

We’re not running just to be running…

It’s not a jog…it’s a race

And the expectation is that at the end of the race…

We will raise our hands in victorious praise…

To the One Who runs within us…through it all