It's Not How You Start, It's How you FINISH
Dear Diary,
For some reason this just keeps playing over and over in my head. It’s not how you start it’s how you finish. I was thinking about a Superbowl that I watched a few years back. I witnessed probably one of the quote unquote greatest comebacks in football history. It was the Patriots versus the Falcons (sorry ATL fans) After the game, the sports casters went on and on about the Patriots being soooooo great and blah blah blah. Can you tell that I’m not totally convinced that’s what won them the game?
To be totally honest, I was paying more attention to the team that eventually lost. At the beginning of the game they were dominating, I mean they had complete control of the game. But what I noticed was they were also spending a lot of time celebrating. But at the end, they got tired. They thought they already had it in the bag. They made costly mistakes and collected penalties that completely shifted the momentum and gave the other team the opportunity to win. I watched the crushing defeat and thought to myself, that’s why you shouldn't celebrate UNTIL the game is won.
Then I thought about my current situation. How many times do I start off great? I’m focused I have everything under control. But as time continues to pass, I get tired, make costly mistakes. How many times have I been handed an L not because the other team is so great but because I gave it away celebrating a win I never really had? How many times have I jumped the gun in a relationship? How many times have I made assumptions? How many times did I not trust God’s process and try to rush Him? But I think the even greater question is why when I experience so many crushing defeats do I keep doing the same thing? Why can’t I finish well? Truth is, I actually don’t know why. And to be even more candid, I have no idea how to break the cycle. I have no answers today, but I still keep hearing, it’s not how you start, it’s how you finish.
Love,
THE CHRISTIAN SINGLE WOMAN
For some reason this just keeps playing over and over in my head. It’s not how you start it’s how you finish. I was thinking about a Superbowl that I watched a few years back. I witnessed probably one of the quote unquote greatest comebacks in football history. It was the Patriots versus the Falcons (sorry ATL fans) After the game, the sports casters went on and on about the Patriots being soooooo great and blah blah blah. Can you tell that I’m not totally convinced that’s what won them the game?
To be totally honest, I was paying more attention to the team that eventually lost. At the beginning of the game they were dominating, I mean they had complete control of the game. But what I noticed was they were also spending a lot of time celebrating. But at the end, they got tired. They thought they already had it in the bag. They made costly mistakes and collected penalties that completely shifted the momentum and gave the other team the opportunity to win. I watched the crushing defeat and thought to myself, that’s why you shouldn't celebrate UNTIL the game is won.
Then I thought about my current situation. How many times do I start off great? I’m focused I have everything under control. But as time continues to pass, I get tired, make costly mistakes. How many times have I been handed an L not because the other team is so great but because I gave it away celebrating a win I never really had? How many times have I jumped the gun in a relationship? How many times have I made assumptions? How many times did I not trust God’s process and try to rush Him? But I think the even greater question is why when I experience so many crushing defeats do I keep doing the same thing? Why can’t I finish well? Truth is, I actually don’t know why. And to be even more candid, I have no idea how to break the cycle. I have no answers today, but I still keep hearing, it’s not how you start, it’s how you finish.
Love,
THE CHRISTIAN SINGLE WOMAN
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