Just because we are down does not mean we are out.  Just because we stumble does not mean we must get out of the race.  Get back up, and keep going.  Even though someone deliberately tripped us does not mean that we retreat to the bench.  Keep running, even when your muscles and joints protest.  Keep running, looking to Jesus (Hebrews 12:1-2).  He is our Example.  He is our Coach.  He is the Prize.  In Him all good things await us.  Determine to finish the race.  Never give up!

“Therefore lift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees, and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint but rather be healed.  Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.  See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God.”  Hebrews 12:12-15a (ESV)

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