-JESUS, The Example

"Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, fixing our eyes on
Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the Cross, despising the shame and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
For consider Him who has endured such hostility by sinners against Himself, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.
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--Running the Race

You know as well as I do, it’s one thing to start something. It’s something else entirely to complete it. Relax! “Don’t start what you can’t finish” is not my point!

To be honest, I don’t believe you should finish everything you start. Every student with homework just perked up. There are certain quests better left undone, some projects wisely abandoned. Though I wouldn’t list homework as one of them! We can become so obsessed with completion that we become blind to effectiveness. No, my desire is not to convince you to finish everything. My desire is to encourage you to finish the right thing.

Certain races are optional. Other races are essential—like the race of faith. Consider this admonition from the author of Hebrews in chapter 12:1, “Let us run the race that is before us and never give up!”

-Finish strong, my friend.

-From: Just Like Jesus/ML