Randy Johnson became just the 24th pitcher in baseball history to win 300 games. That's a gi-normous achievement. People all over the world are talking about his 300th win.
But, what people aren't talking about, is the 164 lossing games.
Before Randy Johnson won his historical 300th game, he lost 164 times. He's had to endure 164 heartaches, failures, losing attempts... however you want to look at it.
But after each loss, he kept going. He learned from what went wrong, and moved forward. It's easy to look at this 300th win with awe and wonder. But it's not the win that really matters... it's the will and drive to keep going. To keep working. To keep moving forward, even in the midst of losing.
It's easy to give up. And it's hard to keep going.
In baseball. In life. In ministry.
There are many times we're going to want to give up and give in. But we won't reach the victory in life, ministry, career, family, etc. unless we keep going. We won't reach the achievement God has for us, unless we keep taking steps forward - unless we follow the path He has for us.
I'm sure those 164 losses were hard for Randy Johnson. Some probably harder than others. But he didn't give in.
I'm sure there will be seasons in each of our lives, ministries, careers, families, that will be hard. Some probably harder than others. Learn from what went wrong...
And move forward.
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