Neva' Neva' Neva' Give Up

...But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. (Philippians 3:13, 14 NIV) I saw a cute cartoon one time of a frog who had been swallowed whole by a long neck bird. The frog, not wanting to be swallowed stretched his arm out of the mouth of the bird and placed it on the birds neck so the bird wouldn't be able to complete the swallowing process. In a way - that should be the attitude of all of us. No matter what has happened in our life, no matter what difficulties we have experienced - we should never give up. We need this tenacity to outlive and outplay the problems that come our way. We all face difficult times - no one is exempt but we need to put our eyes on the prize ahead which is Jesus Christ and press on for the goal of heaven. Winston Churchill, in addressing his country England about Hitler and World War II said it best... "We will NEVA', NEVA', NEVA' give up." That quote rallied a whole nation to stand up against the evils of that time and it is the rally cry that should be on every Christian that we should stand strong, take courage and never give up!"