Topics: Attitudes; Circumstances and Faith; Confidence; Encouragement; Overcoming; Perseverance; Persistence; Perspective; Problems; Trust; Victory
References: 2 Corinthians 5:7; Hebrews 10:36; 12:1–2
A man stopped to watch a Little League baseball game. He asked one of the youngsters what the score was. “We’re losing 18 to nothing” was the answer.
“I must say, you don’t look discouraged,” the man said.
“Why should we be discouraged?” the boy asked, puzzled. “We haven’t come to bat yet.”
—Stan Toler, God Has Never Failed Me, but He’s Sure Scared Me to Death a Few Times (Honor, 1995)