Patience, Persistence, And Keeping On – Keeping On

“What’s the secret to being a good bull rider?”

When a newspaper reporter asked a Montana cowboy that question, he pushed back his hat and grinned: “You’ve just gotta want to hang on worse than the bull wants to throw you off.”

I just finished day 1 of the @YouVersion Plan Men’s Devotional: For Men, By Men.

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