Have you fought the good fight?

The words of Grantland Rice,

a famous sportswriter,

apply to all phases of life:

“You’ll find the road is long and

rough, with soft spots far apart,

where only those can make the

grade who have an Uphill Heart.

And when they stop you with a

thud or jolt you with a crack,

let courage call the signals

as you keep coming back.

Keep coming back, and though the

world may romp across your spine,

let every game’s end find

you still upon the battle line:

For when the ONE GREAT SCORER

comes to mark against your name,

He writes…not that you won or lost…

but how you played the game.

“…the time has come for my departure.

I have fought a good fight…”

The Apostle Paul