Ya see though… With my friend- Moses- HIS WIN WAS …AND… IS… A RESULT OF SO MUCH more than a Championship Belt….I thought about IN PARTICULAR how much TRAINING AND DISCIPLINE AND GOAL SETIING went into THIS “ONE” WIN…. I thought about how LIFE is really the same way. The more TRAINING, DISCIPLINE AND GOAL SETTING hours we put in to it-LIFE…. The more VICTORIES we can have over the very things we battle…. Our battles can be w health challenges, Battles of the bulge, Our relationships, Battlefields of the mind, you name it… But we all have some battle or battles at one point or another and the GOOD NEWS IS if we continue to TRAIN we can CONTINUE to come out on top.
You in training for anything right now?
You got a BIG fight or battle coming up?
You in the ring w someone or something?
Have you got knock down one too many times? ……Well get back up my friends… DO NOT throw in the towel. DO NOT GIVE UP…. Ya see on Monday when I saw Moses you could tell HE had BEEN in a fight… I even mentioned to him… “Hey--your face looks a little busted up mister” BUT… Moses replied w a smile… “YEAH… BUT YOU SHOULD SEE THE OTHER GUY” … I got to thinking about that statement “YEAH… BUT YOU SHOULD SEE THE OTHER GUY”…. b/c MOST of our lives we are ALL UP AGAINST SOME opposition -(an enemy of sorts -be it a person-an addiction-an attitude-a disease-a challenge (YOU fill in the blank). And we can ALL get pretty beat up…. Can’t we? HOWEVER- THE GOOD NEWS IS HOPEFULLY WE LOOK-FEEL-and ACT A LIL’ BETTER –AND STRONGER THAN the “WHAT” WE ARE FIGHTIN’…. WE GOTTA keep up the good fight –b/c AS HARD as we get hit- we gotta KEEP enduring , keep training, and keep on keeping- so WE- like Moses -can win our very own championship belt- (which represents a Victory in the VERY THING we thought would overtake us in the ring of life)…..
So Again – Back to Life and Boxing …
Some days we gotta swing AT “IT” -to knock it out or shut it up – (our hostility –our conflicts)
Other days we gotta bob and weave -(being strategic so WE don’t get knocked out)
and ….OFTEN TIMES… we GOTTA stand firm in what we know is true and take one for the team… (standing up to injustice- -extending forgiveness and or/ acceptance)
Either way- IF you feel a bit beat up today –that’s okay- b/c GOD WILL MAKE A WAY. It is when we get to the end of ourselves and get exhausted that our “OTHER GUY”…or thing…. gets fed up, beat up, crushed up, or exposed. Member that -next time someone or something comes at you swinging –Although you may have been HIT a few times –Stay focused –b/c ultimately YOU will win the battle and come out WAY better than the “other guy” –(Your opposition)… There is VICTORY in the Lord and we are ALL on the battlefield together –day in and day out. I am SOOOO fortunate and blessed to have all of you praying, swinging, and a moving and a grooving out there w me each day – yep- in and out of the ring of life -helping me personally w my own training... Thank you.
Proud to be Fighting the GOOD fight w my people and my King. Thank ya Jesus and Can I get a???? AMEN!
I pray that YOU make it to the next round today in WHATEVER ring you may be standing in. Letttssss gettttt ready to rumbleeeeeeeeeeeee… Ding ding dinggg…
And lastly – MY PEOPLE…. KEEP IT CLEAN – NO BELOW THE BELT – Ever heard anyone use that term in boxing? OR IN THE CIRCLE OF LIFE? I sure have… This term is used when pertaining to the boxing guideline wherein boxers are prohibited to hit below the belly button up to the top of the hips. When on the battlefield we need to KEEP IT CLEAN – so- we- Like my buddy Moses can feel GOOD about the VICTORIES WE ARE WEARING each day draped over our shoulders.