Tues.5.26.15...Prov.14:19-35...Four Letter Words

Four Letter Words

You've been invited to give  the commencement address at the high school you attended (well, most of the time you and I attended). You've worked hard on your speech and have selected a topic that you know is vitally important to help the students succeed in life. But you also know it's not a popular one. To catch their attention you plan your speech to begin with some ear catching quotes.

I would like to begin using two four letter words. I know they will not sound pleasant to some of your ears, but it is vital that you hear them and use them often if you are ever going to succeed in life.
Those two four letter words are "Hard Work!"

Legendary football coach Vince Lombardi said, “The dictionary is the only place that success comes before work. Work is the key to success, and hard work can help you accomplish anything.” 

Prolific inventor, Thomas Edison stated, “The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are, first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness; third, common sense.” 

President Thomas Jefferson declared, “I'm a greater believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.” 

And the great artist and sculpture, Michaelangelo said, “If people knew how hard I had to work to gain my mastery, it would not seem so wonderful at all.”  

Success in life includes hard work, not necessarily hard physical work, but time consuming effort.

Here's one more quote on hard work. The great, wise man Solomon even used those two four letter words when he wrote in  the Bible, "All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty" Prov.14:23.

1.-I agree, your speech writing is off to a great start, but now you need to flesh it out with a story. So write about a guy you've worked with that didn't have a good work ethic or about one that had a great, hard work ethic and what resulted.

A lot of success in life is about mind over mattress. The hardest work is often just getting up early day after day, year after year. Many of you men in M3 have been dong that for decades and I highly commend you for such. That is one of the building blocks for being a manly man, being unstoppable. Those of you who are applying that same hard work ethic in your spiritual life in M3 are already making a great impact. It shows on the GREAT scoreboard. Far better, it shows before our Father's throne. Let us live to hear him say, "Well done!" Those are two four letter words I long to hear.

2.-After reading through Prov.14:19-35, pick one verse or phrase and write it on your MP3 card. Then look for opportunities to enrich others with it. 

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