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       2024-01-09T14:12:00+00:00
       
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       Dear Friends,Jas 5:11  Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy. Endurance.  When I was a boy, we had something called The President’s Physical Fitness Test.  It was encouraged in all schools.  It was comprised of various exercises that would evaluate the overall fitness of the students.  We had to do things like, jumping jacks, sit-ups, pushups, and pull-ups on a bar.  Our teacher recorded how many repetitions of each exercise that we were able to complete.  The girls were just required to hang from the chinning bar, and timed for how long they could hang there.  At the end of the test, came something that I dreaded, the 600 yard dash.  I don’t know why they called it a dash, to me, it was more like a slog.  But, it was part of the test, and we were timed.  We had to run so many laps around the perimeter of the playground, and I hated it.  It was like torture.  I was never built to be a distance runner.  Before football practice, we used to have to run 10 laps around the perimeter of the football field before practice began each evening.  Again, I dreaded it.  We would all wait around until the bell at the Catholic Church sounded the 6pm chime.  When it rang, we started to run, and there was always some smart aleck at the front setting a fast pace.  Those were some of my early experiences with endurance.  I learned that everything in life was not just fun and games.  Some things have to be endured.  The Christian life is an endurance race.  We have to keep our eyes on the prize, just like Saint Paul.2Ti 4:8  Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.As we go through this day, let us keep our eyes on the prize, and endure what ever we are faced with like a good soldier.2Ti 2:3  Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. Our struggles and trials will not last forever, but our reward will!Psa 30:5  For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning. In His Service,Dale