Never Give Up

Saturday night I was watching my favorite college football team the University of Washington Huskies. They were playing Utah and the game was close throughout. Last week they had lost to Stanford who is now on track to win the Pac-12 Northern Division championship. A lot will depend on the Huskies rival Washington State Cougars who they play next Saturday in what is called the Apple Cup. If you don’t know the state of Washington is the largest exporter of apples. The Cougars beat the Huskies they can go to the championship series themselves for the Pac-12 title. The Huskies though can spoil it for the Cougars by winning. Anyway with about six minutes remaining in the game the Huskies were behind Utah by seven point and they had the ball going for it on fourth down. They could have gone for field goal to be down by four but chose to go for it however they weren’t able to get the first down or score so the ball was turned back over to Utah. I was disgusted because it was an important game for the Huskies to win and it looked like they were in the process of losing so I turned off the television. Several minutes later on line I read that the Huskies had won the game by three points and had scored ten points in the last minute of the game.

For me the moral of the game or story is never to give up on yourself or others no matter how things look at the time. Circumstances can change in a moment from defeat to victory. The theme for this year is pressing on and for 2018 will be let’s do it so that is what we must do. We press on though the odds are against us or another person. Shows me that we should never give up on ourselves or our friends or family or those we mentor or disciple. We have to remind ourselves that the book isn’t finished and more chapters are to be written. To be who we are meant to be is to press on toward the mark and never give up. Amen!