WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 23
“Is
your life full of difficulties and temptations? Then be happy.” Jas 1:2 TLB
DEALING
WITH ADVERSITY (1)
Lori Schneider is one of very few women to climb Mt.
Everest—yet another step on a climb she started ten years earlier when she was
diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Terrified, but determined to achieve her
goal, she quit her job and devoted herself to climbing. Nine years later she’d
conquered the peaks of six of the earth’s continents! “Lori sees MS not as a
negative, but a positive,” her father said. “She accepted it as a challenge.”
Unfurling a banner in honor of the first World MS Day, she called her dad on a
satellite phone: “I’m here on the summit! I made it!” A dream sixteen in the
making realized! Now, her goal is to show others who face challenges that even
the highest mountain can be climbed one step at a time. In Staying the Course, BJ Gallagher writes: “Our journey… is about
progress, not perfection. It’s not about doing one thing 100 percent better—it’s
doing 100 things 1 percent better each day. Progress is evolutionary, not
revolutionary…most days we measure in inches, not miles. What matters most is
showing up for your life whether you feel like it or not. Ask yourself, ‘What
two or three little things can I do today that would move me forward?’ You’ll
be amazed how much distance you can cover taking it in increments. Little
things add up; inches turn to miles. We string together our efforts like so
many pearls, and before long…you have a whole strand!”
Taken
from the Word for you Today Devotional.
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