Don’t Give Up…They need to hear it from you
- Verona L. Jacobs, Poet, Author
- Apr 3, 2019
- 2 min read

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































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