"If the Horse Is Dead, Dismount"

    
    
    Now that's worth repeating.  "If the horse is dead, dismount."  I heard this one-liner recently while listening to Joyce Meyers.  

    It caused me first to laugh and then a second later to soberly consider:  Am I riding a dead horse?  

    

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    Some of us have a hard time admitting the horse is dead.  We're convinced that if we kick a little harder, we can spur our stallion on.  

    But unlike the intriguing classification in the Princess Bride, even "mostly dead" (when it comes to horses) is as good as completely d-e-a-d. 

    
    

    

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    Dismounting might not be easy.  Heck, you might even cry.  But, friend, one thing is sure:  the horse is dead. 

    I'm sorry.  You're sorry.  The world might even be sorry.  But no matter.  The horse is dead.  Time to dismount.

     Don't look back. 

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... fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith ...
Hebrews 12:2