CHRIST-LIKE ENCOURAGEMENT
A physical education teacher received a letter from a former student. He wanted the teacher to know the impact that he had made on his life. The student told this teacher about the first day of class. The class had to run a six hundred yard race, and the student did not want to do it. After all, he always came in last no matter how hard he ran. But this class was different, even though he once again came in last. “I remember that you ran along side of me that last hundred yards yelling, ‘Good effort, Lou! Great effort! Absolutely magnificent!'” the student wrote. “I felt like I had won the Olympic Gold Medal for the marathon.” Lou became attached to his teacher because he was the first person who ever encouraged him. The next year he went out for soccer. “I would have never had the courage to do it,” he said, “if it had not been for your…
To view this resource, log in or sign up for a subscription plan
