One More Round

I'm still getting used to how this whole blogging thing works, so please forgive the rather spartan look of this page so far. I was going to completely change the look of this blog, but apparently there's a bug that blogger is still working on that won't let me. So, you're stuck with this one for now. Who knows, maybe I'll come to actually like it as time goes by, and I learn how to actually use all the features that go with this sight. It really is a good set up they have here. So that's the progress I'm making with my blog, now what about my life:

I listened to Focus on the Family today and yesterday. There was this guy who was from Philidelphia preaching in the classic Black Baptist fashion. He was great! He got the folks at the normally subdued crowd of Focus staff whipped up into a frenzy. On top of that, he was simply a solid preacher (something you don't always get with that style of preaching). He taught about this boxer who was going up against the heavy-weight champion of the world. The champ kept hitting him hard and knocking him down, and around. But no matter how beaten and bloody he was, and no matter how many times the trainers told him to throw in the towel, he always told them, "One more round." He ended up winning that fight after 25 rounds. (I really don't do this story justice. It must be heard to truly get the full weight of what he said. Just go to Family.org and you'll find it. Sorry, I don't yet know how to do links yet)

The story stuck with me. I know that these past weeks and even months, I've felt beaten and bloodied. I've been knocked down more than I can count. Yet now, each night as I go to bed, and can kneel before God and say, "Just one more round." I know He will give me the strength to go one more round each and every morning. And then, when I get knocked down again, I'll go home again, and remember, "One more round." The day will come when I will score the knock out punch.