Those hurts we experience in our lives reach deep. They can threaten to embitter us or immobilize us. But our focus is not backward; it is forward – on Christ. Our strength is not inward; it is outward – on Christ.

How can we possibly get over traumatic events in our own lives?

“I press toward the goal for the prize of the

upward call of God in Christ Jesus.” (Phil. 3:14, NKJV)

I don’t know how he did it.

Roger Federer is the king of Wimbledon. Eight singles titles. Last year he pushed the #1 player in the world into a fifth set. At 12 games apiece they entered into the first tiebreak in the storied history of the tournament. Federer had two match points, on his serve, on his favorite surface. Destiny was poised. But Federer would lose both of those points and he would end up losing the match. The title that was his wasn’t.

How could he forget that sting? How could that loss not haunt him to the point of incapacity, possibly his last opportunity for a Grand Slam title at the age of 37?

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