Never Give Up

“Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.” – Hebrews 12:1 I’m a big baseball fan, and before the global pandemic, I typically attended five to ten games each year for our local team, the Angels. I remember one evening when my team was getting thoroughly defeated. It was the seventh inning, and they were down by three or four runs. Some fans decided to leave early to avoid traffic in the parking lot, and as hundreds of people poured out of the stadium, I became annoyed and vowed to stay until the very end. At that moment, I was cheering harder than ever for the Angels to stage a comeback. Sure enough, in the ninth inning, they completely turned

“Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.” – Hebrews 12:1 I’m a pretty big baseball fan, and before COVID-19, I would typically go to five or ten Angel games every year. A while back, I remember one night in particular when my team was just getting obliterated. It was the seventh inning and they were down by three or four points, so some people, in an effort to avoid a traffic jam in the parking lot, got up and left. As hundreds of fans poured out of the stadium, I was becoming annoyed and vowed that I would stay until the very end. At that point, I was rooting harder than ever for the Angels to make a strong