There is a common saying, "No condition is permanent", which I find to be absolute truth. We have seen great people fall and lowly people rise. The struggle of life is inevitable but it is convertible.
Rev. R. W. Shambach stated on the radio this afternoon that caught my attention, "you may be knocked down but you are not knocked out." We nave seen in boxing tournaments, person who were knocked down on few occasions and at the count of three or four and even nine, they got up to continue the fight. Eventually, they turned out as winners. The way you are rated counts a lot. Your end must be better than your beginning. Someone once said, "you may be losing the battle but you will win the war."
I would mention a few people in life who began woefully but ended praisefully. As someone puts it, "I have come into this world too silently, but I will leave with a loud noise." This is true of many renowned people. It was at their departure that they received the loudest ovation of the lives. There were either political, civil or religious figures.
Ayo-Born to idol worshippers, his early life was turbulent that he fled from school to start farming. Later returning to school, he passed a few examinations but failed the others which made him leave school for apprenticeship appointment. He tried blacksmithing and graduated without work tools which made him seek job as a caterpillar driver. He later was called to preaching he became one of the leading fathers of Pentecostalism and faith in Nigeria. He died as a father of nations.
Abraham Lincoln- Born in a cabin. Lost his mother an early age. Had little formal education. Fought in wars. Lost his wife. Had unsuccessful ventures. Defeated in state legislature race. Remarried and only one out of four children reached adulthood. Disappointed in a quest for Federal office, and also lost bid for U.S.Senate. He later won Presidential election but fought wars to survive. Many Army Generals disappointed him. Threatened all around, yet he was re-elected as President. He steered the Union to victory in the American Civil War and Abolished Slavery. The sixteenth American President was Assassinated.
Rubin "Hurricane" Cater- A man who, in the prime of his boxing career finds himself wrongfully convicted of murder. sentenced to life in prison Cater's published memoir, the Sixteenth round, inspired a teenager (Vicellous Rean Shannon) from Brooklyn and three Canadian activists (Deborah Kara Unger, John Hannah, Liev Schreiber) who believed in the truth, to join forces with Cater to prove his innocence. Their extraordinary efforts ultimately secure his release, leaving "Hurricane" to sum up his 20 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit by simply stating, "Hate got me into this place, love got me out."
What more shall I say of Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King, Jr., Bishop Benson Idahosa and lots more. These people and many others made history adorable. You must not suffer in vain. You must attain championship and make posterity admirable.
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