Thursday 29 October 2015

It is not the Critic who counts!



On the 23 April 1910, in Paris, Theodore Roosevelt delivered a speech that has echoed down through the ages. I am blown away by these words and they leave me feeling deeply inspired and challenged at the same time. I urge you to read these words and to pass them onto someone else who may need to hear them today. God bless you.

These are some of the famous words from that speech...

"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat." - T. Roosevelt

Romans 2:2 - Every time you criticize someone, you condemn yourself. It takes one to know one. Judgmental criticism of others is a well-known way of escaping detection in your own crimes and misdemeanors. But God isn’t so easily diverted. He sees right through all such smoke screens and holds you to what you’ve done.

Just get into the arena and Trust God for the results. When we live for the honour of Jesus, God will take care of the rest.

Living in Grace
D3LM3

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