Sunday Evening, August 10, 2008, 

Tonight, Sister Joanne brought a lesson titled “The True Road to Success”.  Based on the story of The Tortoise and the Hare, she told about the spiritual race we are in and how we must not let anything sidetrack us from winning it.  We should not allow ourselves to get overconfident and careless like the hare, thinking we have it made.  Such an attitude will cause us to get our mind onto something else and take away all hope of gaining the prize. 

God really isn’t concerned about how quickly we can run; this race is about faithfulness and endurance.  “He that is faithful until the end will receive the crown of life.”  Many people, like the tortoise, have had a handicap that would make it seem impossible to overcome and make something of themselves in life.  Yet they persisted and overcame those odds and are remembered today for it.  Remember, life isn’t about great abilities; it’s about being faithful to use what you have. 

Not to the strong is the battle, not to the swift is the race, but to the true and the faithful victory is conquered through grace.