Don’t Quit

Me:   Why does your friend look mad?

Prodigal:  Danged if he didn’t get his tail feathers trimmed.

Me:  Maybe I can encourage!

 

When things go wrong, as they sometimes will

When the road you’re trudging seems all uphill,

When the funds are low and the debts are high,

And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,

When care is pressing you down a bit,

Rest if you must, but don’t you quit.

 

Life is queer with its twists and turns,

As everyone of us sometimes learns,

And many a fellow turns about

When he might have won had he stuck it out.

Don’t give up though the pace seems slow,

You may succeed with another blow.

Often the goal is nearer than

It seems to a faint and faltering man,

Often the struggler has given up

When he might have captured the victor’s cup,

And he learned too late when the night came down

How close he was to the golden crown.

Success is failure turned inside out

The silver tint of the clouds of doubt,

And you never can tell how close you are,

It may be near when it seems afar,

So stick to the fight when you’re hardest hit,

It’s when things seem worst that you mustn’t quit.

–Author unknown.

 

1 Kings 8:40

That they may fear thee all the days that they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.

 

Jennifer Van Allen

www.theprodigalpig.com

www.faithincounseling.org

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