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Today we are proud to share a chapter from The Power of Attitude by Mac Anderson. In honor of the Olympics, we would like to share a story about an athlete who did not win his event. However, he finished, despite great difficulty…and, as you’ll see, sometimes finishing against great adversity can be a bigger challenge than finishing first. Sometimes, true courage is revealed through completing the race.
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Please enjoy an inspiring story about Derrick Redmond.
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Olympic Torch
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The Derrick Redmond Story from
The Power of Attitude
by Mac Anderson
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August 1992. Derrick Redmond from Great Britain was favored to win the 400-meter race during the summer Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain, but as he powered around the backstretch his hamstring snapped. Derrick tried desperately to finish the race, but he still had half the distance to go. Because he couldn’t walk, he
Posted: under "A Slice Of Life", "Life is precious handle with PRAYER!", Inspirationals.
Tags: belief, faith, God, hope, inspiration, life, moment, money, needs, prayer
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Praying Wrong
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It had been seven months since our vehicle broke down.
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It went down on Christmas Eve. We had a shade tree mechanic
look at it and he gave us bad news: He thought it was going
to be expensive and needed to be done in the shop.
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We had no money to even have it looked at, so it sat for seven
months. We had to borrow vehicles from family members to make
it through.
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We prayed so hard for God to help us get the money to fix it
Feb 25 2010
