One of my favorite things is watching for the mailman on Saturday in anticipation of his delivering my People magazine. It’s even sweeter when it arrives on Friday! My routine is to study the cover for a few minutes and immediately turn to the weekly crossword puzzle to complete. There is no reading until the crossword puzzle is finished. It is a routine that I have practiced for many years.
After the crossword puzzle was finished this week, I sat down to read a great article about a man named Alferd Williams from Missouri. He was the son of a sharecropper and worked very hard from the time he was a young boy. There wasn’t time for school, only work. The article was about his new experience of beginning first grade at age 70 because he wanted to learn to read and to keep a family promise. It talked about his day and the encouragement he received from his six year old classmates. What an inspiration Alferd Williams was for me this week and everyone who read that motivating article! What courage to achieve!
It takes a great deal of courage for us to achieve our goals. Whether you are learning to read like Alferd Williams, starting a new business, or taking a photography class, the determination to achieve must be in the heart and it takes courage to follow through with whatever it is in your life you want to achieve.
So be strong and courageous, all you who put your hope in the Lord!
Psalm 31:24
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