Be A Winner

There are a lot of young men and women who just arrived home without a medal from the Olympics, aren’t there? some got right to work saying, “I learned so much! I’ll be ready for the next time. Some gave up their training and went on with life without it. But a few went home with a medal. They came home winners and faced all those TV interviews with joy. Did they quit? No, they kept on with their training, saying, “I will never be perfect but it’s loads of fun trying”.

I watched a Little League game on TV the other day. I looked at all the young players, but one young man struck my mind. He had the appearance of a winner. Although he was only a left field player, he had the look of a pitcher hoping to strike the other guy out. He would do anything to win this game. That was the face of a winner. His side did win the game too,. The boy’s face was the happiest face in the group.

Let’s think about the adults for a bit. Do you go to work and think mostly about what you can do after you can get home. I remember my first job.I was working in a lawyer’s office. I had a date one night so I went to work with my hair up in curlers! I got fired that day. I sure wasn’t thinking like a winner.! Being young doesn’t excuse me, I was 18 and should have know”n better. I did learn an important lesson: If my job in a lawyers office was important enough, I should look the part. And that goes for any job you are hired to work for,

Yup, you and I can be a winner, thank goodness! And it’s all because of Jesus bearing the beating and finally dying on the cross taking our sins with Him. And then, He rose from the dead! It worries me sometimes. I see too many people who don;t seem to care about where they will be once they die. They probably don’t know how terrible hell is and we, the people, don’t tell them often enough. I would think all of us who know, would look into the eyes of your best friend who didn’t know about Jesus, and tell him the good news. Now, you would be a winner and you have made it possible for your friend to be one too.

Try to be a winner! Let us just tell someone the good news. people should at least know about it. Tell them what hell is like too. Just think how wonderful it feels to be a winner!