Too often we find fault in those around. It’s like we want them to motivate us in the manner we want to be motivated. Maybe we should be like this President, and this Bible character, and be the inspiration others needs. We might be surprised by the results.
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“Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.” Exodus 4:12 KJV
Imagine the President’s horror when he picked up the New York Times the next day. The young lady stood up straight, because she was very proud of her place, and said, “Oh, yes, it is so beautiful.” To the little boy with the scrapped knee, its open heart surgery.
“But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.” Job 2:10 KJV
Life can be real hard at times. We don’t always have to be the big winner to serve a purpose in God’s plan. One of the things about the Presidents you don’t hear a whole lot about is what their parents thought about their child becoming President. Who knows if he just wasn’t invited or if he just took a pass because he thought he was too old for that sort of thing.
“And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.” Luke 15:20 KJV
But you still think about your child. On Sunday, December 7, 1941 he probably started his day just like any other seventeen year old would. And the prayers never stop.
“My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.” Proverbs 1: 8-9 KJV
I only remember the first few words of the conversation. That is very true, but I also believe it is a love story.
“Now after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD it came to pass, that the LORD spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ minister, saying, Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them, even to the children of Israel.” Joshua 1: 1-2 KJV
Most of us will probably go back to our normal football and baseball lives when the World Cup ends. Our young man, who would become president, was also the left-handed first basemen for the Yale baseball team. Sometimes in life we come across these bigger than life characters that have so much influence on the direction of our lives.