A former head coach of Louisiana State University football team once said, "You learn more character on the 2 yard line than anywhere else in life."
As you all know, I really enjoy watching a good game of football – especially if the Greenbay Packers are playing.
I especially like to see a good goal line stand. That’s what it’s called when you’re on about the 2 yard line and you’re either about to score or the other team is about to score on you. That's when it's time to dig in. If you’re on defense, the 2 yard line is where you find out whether you have the fortitude to make a last minute stand against defeat. If you’re on offense, it’s about pushing the rest of the way through to the end zone and scoring a touchdown.
Maybe you feel as though you’re on the 2 yard line now -- advancing toward success or fighting off defeat. Or maybe you’re experiencing both ... because, unlike football, in life it's possible to be both places at once.
So, take a look at the challenges you're facing today. What do you need to do? Push a little harder in one area? Stand a little stronger in another? Most importantly, we all need to persevere, to persist in doing good one more day, making one more effort to accomplish that to which we have been called.
"Let us not become weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not." (Galatians 6:10 KJV)
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