Holli recently got me a new devotional book called "5 Minute Bible Workouts for Men".   I'm really enjoying it.  It's easy to read and the contents are great.  From time to time, I'll share on the blog some of the things I'm reading.

Did you know Abraham Lincoln was a failure?  He ended up with an amazing presidency, but he had many failures on the road to the white house.

I found this really interesting and I never knew this about old Honest Abe:

• Failed in business in 1831
• Defeated for legislature in 1832
• Second failure in business in 1833
• Suffered nervous breakdown in 1836
• Defeated for speaker in 1838
• Defeated for elector in 1840
• Defeated for congress in 1843
• Defeated for congress in 1848
• Defeated for senate in 1855
• Defeated for vice president in 1856
• Defeated for senate in 1858
• Elected president in 1860

That's a 30 year span.   Talk about diligence and perseverance.

Makes me think of 1 Cor 9:24 -- "Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize."