Unprecidented Success

I read in "Traveling Light" - a book by Max Lucado - that he struggled
with alcohol at a significant time in his ministry. THE Max Lucado. Yes,
Pastor Max Lucado. Author, motivational speaker - yes, THAT Max
Lucado. How ironic. A Pastor in need of an alter call.

And it seemed the whole world was in shock with the release of Mother
Teresa's memoirs - shocked to read that Mother Teresa who lived a saintly
life - struggled with her faith. Hmmm.

I also read about a 33 year-old master chef Grant Achatz - who had just
won the "Oscar" of chefery so to speak - who just last year was diagnosed
with Stage 4 tongue cancer. Irony? He went through chemo and radiation
and in the process lost his TASTE BUDS. You're kidding right? No. He lost
his taste buds. Could life have been more cruel? Smack! - right in the
kisser.

So, I look at these stories and I ask myself how have these great people
dealt with a situation - a crisis - in a way that still creates a legacy - they
still move in the path of greatness - EVEN given the irony, the struggle,
and the reality of their pain and position.

Here's the key. They kept going in spite of the irony of their circumstances.

Max Lucado kept speaking and writing and his books are personable and
convicting. Mother Teresa kept giving and serving - her legacy is known
around the globe. And our chef friend? He began using his other senses
more, remembering what a "pinch" of this or a "dash" of that felt like in his
hand rather than in his mouth, and he trained another chef to be his
assistant - his "taster". And he STILL cooks. Quite literally in the face of
his greatest challenge.

When you want to give up, when you think you've been hit in your
weakest spot at your weakest moment and you fear you are finished
- keep going in spite of the irony. Irony is the exclamation point!
When life hits you - SMACK! - right in the kisser - don't give up - keep
going. What will be said of you?

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