Day 3

Hope Endures

My mind takes me back to a memory of one of my favorite stories;  The story of Seabiscuit, the race horse.  It fascinates me how the ordinary horse became a hero to millions of people. I see the image of Seabiscuit on the race track with some of the horses trailing behind, others at his side, one or two in the lead. He holds back just enough, as his rider instructs, until he comes around the last corner where Seabiscuit looks his rival in the eye.  Then Red, his rider, gives him the okay and off he goes like a bolt of lightening, winning the race. 

Seabuscuit endured.  He ran to the finish line. And the most incredible part of the story is that when this fine horse was young, he was trained, by his first owners, to be a loser. They put no value on him, then ,they sold him as a lazy worthless horse.

  I like to compare the later part of his life with those who believed in him and saw that  he was more then ordinary, and with proper training and love Seabiscuit became an all time winner, a Hero.  Our loving Father in Heaven sees the value in each of us.  He believes in us and knows we have high potential and worth. So many of us may be like Seabiscuit, or his rider, who overcame hardships also.  Know that with steadfast endurance you too can look the enemy in the eye - listen for the Holy Spirits guidance - the  voice that says, "see ya later," to the enemy - your cue to run harder then ever before, with dust in the air to the finish line. God is with you.  Look a head at the prize with hope, enduring the race.

2 Nephi 31:20

Wherefore, ye must press forward with a steadfastness in Christ, having a perfect brightness of hope, and a love of God and of all men. Wherefore, if ye shall press forward, feasting upon the word of Christ, and endure to the end, behold, thus saith the Father; ye shall have eternal life.