There is a legend of an artist who had found the sec ret of a wonderful 'red' which no other artist could imitate. The secret of his 'color' died with him. But after his death an old wound was discovered over his heart. This revealed the source of the matchless hue in his pictures. The lesson of the legend is . . .
no great achievement can be made,
no lofty attainment can be reached,
nothing of much value to the world can be done
--except at the cost of heart's blood!
~ J. R. Miller
I've met many people who are full of great ideas and plans and visions of what they will accomplish one day. Few of these people, however, actually see their dreams come true. Not because they aren't good dreams, but because their dreams are dreamt by dreamers and not doers. Many teenagers today are given so much, so easily, with so little required of them, that we are raising a generation of sluggards and failures. Work is hard and hard work is good. Good, hard work results in progress of the mind, body, and soul. The beautiful and rare things of life cost the most. As my wife has told me on more than one occasion, "Nothing good is cheap!" Jesus sweat great drops of blood for his bride. He drank the dregs of the cup of His Father's wrath for the glory that awaited Him. He chose to do the hard things because that's what it takes to win the prize. ~ Kirk Cameron
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