In 1902, a 28-year-old aspiring poet received a rejection slip from the editor of the prestigious Atlantic Monthly. Returned with a batch of poems he had submitted was this curt note : "Not one worthy of publishing." That poet's name was Robert Frost.
In 1905, the University of Bern turned down a dissertation by a young PhD, calling it "fanciful and irrelevant." The name of that physics student was Albert Einstein.
In 1894, a 16-year-old boy found this note from his speech teacher in Harrow, England, attached to his report: "Hopeless......seems incapable of progress." That boy's name was Winston Churchill.
What's the message for us? Even when situations or circumstances offer us no hope or encouragement, refuse to quit!
Listen to the words of Joab, the commander of King David's army : "Be strong and let us fight bravely for our people & the cities of our God. The Lord will do what is good in His sight." (2 Sam 10:12).
Joab knew that as long as you stay on the battlefield, God can give you victory. But if you quit, what more can God do for you?
nothing can separate us from the love of God,
sockkim
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