Friday, 2 August 2013
Thursday, 1 August 2013
Never leave a young man behind: Photo of marine who slowed down to help a nine-year-old boy finish a 5k race goes viral
- Marine encouraged nine-year-old boy all the way to the finish line
- Picture of them running already has 200,000 likes on Facebook
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A marine who gallantly dropped back in a race to help a nine-year-old boy finish has become an internet sensation.
Lance Corporal Myles Kerr was competing in the annual run while home on leave in Charlevoix, Michigan when he spotted Boden Fuchs struggling to keep up.
The boy reportedly asked 19-year-old Kerr: 'Sir, will you please run with me?', after losing the group he was running with.
Heartwarming: Lance Corporal Myles Kerr keeping nine-year-old Boden Fuchs motivated in the race
The race results show that after allowing his fellow marines to run off at full speed in the race along the shore of Lake Michigan, Kerr finished five seconds behind Fuchs at 34.53 minutes - and a long way behind his army friends.
The picture of Kerr running with the boy in his army fatigues, encouraging him all the way to the finish line has already had 200,000 likes on Facebook and been shared 45,000 times.
Facebook users were full of praise for the Lance Corporal, calling him 'a role model' and a 'hero'.
Becoming a local celebrity, Kerr was interview by local radio stations and newspapers.
Hero: Myles Kerr, 19, seemed overwhelmed by the attention he received online after the race
After hearing about his act of kindness, Fuchs' parents bought him a $100 voucher for a local restaurant to thank him.
Kerr seemed taken aback by all the attention on his Twitter feed, responding to one fan: 'I was just doing what any man would do, but thank you!'
According to his Twitter page, he will be returning to work this Sunday.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2382356/Marine-Myles-Kerr-slowed-help-year-old-boy-finish-5k-race-goes-viral.html#ixzz2aj4OTqXz
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Some thoughts on Missions & Evangelism, Some inspiration from CT Studd, Amy Carmichael and William Booth.
CT Studd.
Studd, C.T. – In 1884, C.T. Studd, one of the Cambridge Seven, felt
convicted, “How could I spend the best hours of my life in working for myself
and for the honour and pleasures of this world while thousands and thousands of
souls are perishing every day without having heard of the Lord Jesus Christ,
going down to Christless and hopeless graves?” (John Pollock. The Cambridge
Seven, 2nd ed. Great Britain: Marshalls, 1985, 75.)
“Some want to live within the
sound Of church or chapel bell;
I want to run a rescue
shop, Within a yard of hell.”
Too long have we been waiting for one another
to begin! The time of waiting is past! The hour of God has struck! War is
declared! In God's Holy Name let us arise and build! 'The God of Heaven, He
will fight for us', as we for Him. We will not build on the sand, but on the
bedrock of the sayings of Christ, and the gates and minions of hell shall not
prevail against us. Should such men as we fear? Before the world, aye, before
the sleepy, lukewarm, faithless, namby-pamby Christian world, we will dare to
trust our God, we will venture our all for Him, we will live and we will die
for Him, and we will do it with His joy unspeakable singing aloud in our
hearts. We will a thousand times sooner die trusting only our God, than live
trusting in man. And when we come to this position the battle is already won,
and the end of the glorious campaign in sight. We will have the real Holiness
of God, not the sickly stuff of talk and dainty words and pretty thoughts; we
will have a Masculine Holiness, one of daring faith and works for Jesus Christ.
If
Jesus Christ be God and died for me, then no sacrifice can be too great for me
to make for Him.
Should such men as we
fear? Before the world, aye, before the sleepy, lukewarm, faithless,
namby-pamby Christian world, we will dare to trust our God, we will venture our
all for Him, we will live and we will die for Him, and we will do it with His
joy unspeakable singing aloud in our hearts. We will a thousand times sooner
die trusting only our God, than live trusting in man.
Amy Carmichael.
Does it not stir up our hearts to go forth and help them, does it not
make us long to leave our luxury, our exceeding abundant light, and go to them
that sit in darkness?" - Amy Carmichael
William Booth.
Not called!' did you say? 'Not heard the call,' I think you should say.
Put your ear down to the Bible, and hear him bid you go and pull sinners out of
the fire of sin. Put your ear down to the burdened, agonized heart of humanity,
and listen to its pitiful wail for help. Go stand by the gates of hell, and
hear the damned entreat you to go to their father's house and bid their
brothers and sisters, and servants and masters not to come there. And then look
Christ in the face, whose mercy you have professed to obey, and tell him
whether you will join heart and soul and body and circumstances in the march to
publish his mercy to the world." William Booth.
“While women weep, as they do now,
I'll fight
While little children go hungry, as they do now,
I'll fight
While men go to prison, in and out, in and out, as they do now,
I'll fight
While there is a drunkard left,
While there is a poor lost girl upon the streets,
While there remains one dark soul without the light of God,
I'll fight-I'll fight to the very end!”
― William Booth
QUOTE: ONLY ONE LIFE, TWILL SOON BE PAST – POEM BY C.T STUDD
“Two
little lines I heard one day,
Traveling along life’s busy way;
Bringing conviction to my heart,
And from my mind would not depart;
Only one life, ’twill soon be past,
Only what’s done for Christ will last.
Only one life, yes only one,
Soon will its fleeting hours be done;
Then, in ‘that day’ my Lord to meet,
And stand before His Judgement seat;
Only one life,’twill soon be past,
Only what’s done for Christ will last.
Only one life, the still small voice,
Gently pleads for a better choice
Bidding me selfish aims to leave,
And to God’s holy will to cleave;
Only one life, ’twill soon be past,
Only what’s done for Christ will last.
Only one life, a few brief years,
Each with its burdens, hopes, and fears;
Each with its clays I must fulfill,
living for self or in His will;
Only one life, ’twill soon be past,
Only what’s done for Christ will last.
When this bright world would tempt me sore,
When Satan would a victory score;
When self would seek to have its way,
Then help me Lord with joy to say;
Only one life, ’twill soon be past,
Only what’s done for Christ will last.
Give me Father, a purpose deep,
In joy or sorrow Thy word to keep;
Faithful and true what e’er the strife,
Pleasing Thee in my daily life;
Only one life, ’twill soon be past,
Only what’s done for Christ will last.
Oh let my love with fervor burn,
And from the world now let me turn;
Living for Thee, and Thee alone,
Bringing Thee pleasure on Thy throne;
Only one life, “twill soon be past,
Only what’s done for Christ will last.
Only one life, yes only one,
Now let me say,”Thy will be done”;
And when at last I’ll hear the call,
I know I’ll say “twas worth it all”;
Only one life,’twill soon be past,
Only what’s done for Christ will last. ”
— extra stanza —
Only one life, ’twill soon be past,
Only what’s done for Christ will last.
And when I am dying, how happy I’ll be,
If the lamp of my life has been burned out for
Thee.”
C.T Studd
Evangelism
C.T.
Studd > Quotes > Quotable Quote
C.T.
Studd
“Some
want to live within the sound Of
church or chapel bell;
I
want to run a rescue shop, Within
a yard of hell.”
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