Dear Friend
A young school boy was in a fire accident in his school, and it was assumed that he would not live. His mother was told that he was sure to die, for the terrible fire had devastated the lower half of his body. Even if he were to survive, he would be a cripple throughout his life.
But the brave boy did not want to die nor did he want to be a cripple. Much to the doctor's amazement, he did survive. However, from his waist down, he had no motor ability. His thin legs just dangled there, lifeless.
Ultimately, he was discharged from the hospital, but his determination to walk was indomitable. At home, when he was not in bed, he was confined to a wheelchair. One day, he threw himself from the chair and pulled himself across the grass, dragging his legs behind him. He reached the picket fence, raised himself up and then, stake by stake, he began dragging himself along the fence, his resolve to walk undeterred. He did this every day, with faith that he would be able to walk unaided.
With his iron persistence and his resolute determination, he did develop the ability to stand up, then to walk haltingly, then to walk by himself and then to run. He began to walk to school, then run to school, to run for the sheer joy of running. Later in college, he made the track team.
In February 1934, in New York City’s famed Madison Square Garden, this young man, who was not expected to survive, who would surely never walk, who could never hope to run – this determined young man, Dr. Glenn Cunningham, ran the world’s fastest mile.
Glenn Cunningham continues to be an inspiration for many, and his story, a brilliant testimony to how one can bounce back even against all odds.
In the Wikipedia article about him, his favourite Bible verse was Isaiah 40:31: "But those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint."
Things that look impossible will become possible for you! Receive strength to do exploits this week.
Shalom,
