When things go wrong,
as they sometimes will
When the road you are
trudging seems all uphill
When the funds are low
and the debts are high
and you want to smile
but you can only sigh
When care is pressing
you down a bit
Rest if you must ,
but don't you quit!
Life is queer with it's
twists and turns
as everyone of us
sometimes learns
and many a person
turns about
When they might have won
had they stuck it out
< Don't give up
though the pace seem slow,
you may succeed
with another blow!
Often the struggler
has given up
When he might have
captured the Victor's cup
and he learned to late
when the night came down
how close he was to
the Golden Crown!
Success is failure
turned inside out
So stick to the fight
when you are hardest hit
It is when things seems worst.
"YOU MUST NOT QUIT!
The young preacher looked in disbelief at the older preacher and was trying to figure out what a rosebud could possibly have to do with his wanting to know the WILL OF GOD for his life and for his ministry. Because of his high respect for the older preacher, he proceeded to TRY to unfold the rose, while keeping every petal intact...It wasn't long before he realized how impossible it was to do so.
Noticing the younger preacher's inability to unfold the rosebud while keeping it intact, the older preacher began to recite the following poem...
A flower of God's design;
But I cannot unfold the petals
With these clumsy hands of mine.
The secret of unfolding flowers
Is not known to such as I.
GOD opens this flower so sweetly,
When in my hands they fade and die.
If I cannot unfold a rosebud,
This flower of God's design,
Then how can I think I have wisdom
To unfold this life of mine?
So I'll trust in Him for His leading
Each moment of every day.
I will look to him for His guidance
Each step of the pilgrim way.
The pathway that lies before me,
Only my Heavenly Father knows.
I'll trust Him to unfold the moments,
Just as He unfolds the rose.
One hundred years from now,
it will not matter what kind of car I drove,
how much I had in my bank account,
nor what my clothes looked like.
But the world may be a little
better because I was important
in the life of a child.
