Hello world, Thank God it’s Saturday! All glory and praise to our Ageless God for His mercy our life. I am super excited this morning for all poeples who took time to checkout, comments, liked and follow my blog, you have really encourage me to do more…. God bless you all.
Here is my thought for today life is not going to fair to you, you are the one that need to stronger to win in life. No matter the area of your life that you have experience setback you need to comeback stronger than before this prompt me to share this great story of Karoly Takacs you’ve probably never heard of him. However, in Hungary, he’s a national hero – everybody there knows his name and his incredible story. After reading his story, you’ll never forget him… In 1938, Karoly Takacs of the Hungarian Army, was the top pistol shooter in the world. He was expected to win the gold in the 1940 Olympic Games scheduled for Tokyo. Those expectations vanished one terrible day just months before the Olympics. While training with his army squad, a hand grenade exploded in Takacs’ right hand, and Takacs’ shooting hand was blown off.
Takacs spent a month in the hospital depressed at both the loss of his hand, and the end to his Olympic dream. At that point most people would have quit. And they would have probably spent the rest of their life feeling sorry for themselves. Most people would have quit but not Takacs. Takacs was a winner. Winners know that they can’t let circumstances keep them down. They understand that life is hard and that they can’t let life beat them down. Winners know in their heart that quitting is not an option.
Takacs did the unthinkable; he picked himself up, dusted himself off, and decided to learn how to shoot with his left hand! His reasoning was simple. He simply asked himself, “Why not?” Instead of focusing on what he didn’t have – a world class right shooting hand, he decided to focus on what he did have – incredible mental toughness, and a healthy left hand that with time, could be developed to shoot like a champion. For months Takacs practiced by himself. No one knew what he was doing. Maybe he didn’t want to subject himself to people who most certainly would have discouraged him from his rekindled dream.
In the spring of 1939 he showed up at the Hungarian National Pistol Shooting Championship. Other shooters approached Takacs to give him their condolences and to congratulate him on having the strength to come watch them shoot. They were surprised when he said, “I didn’t come to watch, I came to compete.” They were even more surprised when Takacs won!
The 1940 and 1944 Olympics were cancelled because of World War II. It looked like Takacs’ Olympic Dream would never have a chance to realize itself. But Takacs kept training and in 1944 he qualified for the London Olympics. At the age of 38, Takacs won the Gold Medal and set a new world record in pistol shooting. Four years later, Takacs won the Gold Medal again at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics. Takacs – a man with the mental toughness to bounce back from anything. The bible confirm this in Proverb 24: 16 “No matter how many times you trip them up,God-loyal people don’t stay down long;
Soon they’re up on their feet,while the wicked end up flat on their faces. (MSSG)
So you see only the wicked end up flat forever, God-loyal people rise again. Are you not God-loyal people? Yes you are…. it is not over yet for you, take up yourself again because you can still make something great happen like Karoly Takacs did.
God bless you, do have a blessed weekend.
I remain your humble friend,
Apostlespeaks
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