Those who run a good race, are the people who finish the race with good timing. And therefore, they are rewarded. How can someone relax and achieve something meaningful, or how do you expect to win a battle, while you allow your opponent to dominate in the battle front? "No battle is won in a silver batter," and if you rest too, you rust!"
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To persist is making a conscious effort to endure with all passion in certain activity that you are doing, hoping that you will achieve something better in the near future. That is what Parishioners should have it that "the sky is our limit in the this Parish."
We should know that every hard work comes with reward. The owner of the work too, watches every worker's effort put into the work before the worker is rewarded. It is base on the persistent effort put by the worker that he is going to be paid.
Tiredness will come, hunger will be felt, sun will hit you, someone will infringe upon your right, you may be insulted. But in all, persist to the end, and you use the suffering to replace success.
"Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and put you to death, and you will be hated by all nations for my name sake. And then many will fall away and betray one another and hate one another."(Matt.24:9-10)"
Despite all the changes and struggle, if you are able to stand firm in whatever you are doing, whether your own work; or someone's work, or in Christianity, victory would be yours.
"But the one who endures to the end will be saved."(Matt. 24:13)
The troubles will come, as far as we live closer with our enemies, but glory be to God that, He has given us Jesus Christ, who is the "Master Conquerer" over all things.
Jesus Christ was a King, but He did not boast of his Kingship, and came on this earth to labour, as though He had no possession in his Father's Kingdom.
"Who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taken the form of servant, being born in likeness of men."(Philippians 2:6-7)
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Our lives are being compared to our Lord Jesus Christ, since He is the one that we look up to. Without him, we are nothing on this earth. Lets look at how the enemies treated him. The pains and troubles He passed through, but in all, He said; "blessed are those who are insulted, and they speak bad things about them, though which is not true, for they will be delivered from their troubles."
Jesus Christ endured the suffering throughout his services for mankind. At some point, He said, I came purposely for the sinners, but even, the sinners did not receive him as their helper. At the end, the sinners crucified him. Jesus Christ took the sky as his limit, but did not rely on someone's effort, or what somebody was doing, but He strived hard to make sure he has achieved his goal.
Lets endure the pains right now as Parishioners. Lets keep grinding, break through, pierce through what others are saying that it is unbreakable. For where there is "the will, there is a way." We have the strength and time to work today, tomorrow may not be ours. Lets keep on working hard as a team, for I know with one accord, we can make it happen, the sky is only our limit in this Parish.
Thanks for your patience staying with me all these days. I hope you will join me 
