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Pondering Time-Do not give up? Ep 3434 · Challenges of Faith Radio Program

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  Speaker 1: Welcome back to Challenges of Faith radio program. I'm Gary McCance.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you for joining here on episode 3434, but it's
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  Speaker 1: called Pondering Time. You know, the story is told of
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  Speaker 1: a young student who sat by a village well. They
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  Speaker 1: were feeling defeated and ready to give up on their studies.
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  Speaker 1: No matter how hard they tried, the words would not stick.
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  Speaker 1: and the lessons that they were studying felt too heavy. Well,
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  Speaker 1: while staring down at the stone edge of the well,
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  Speaker 1: they noticed deep.
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  Speaker 2: Smooth grooves worn right.
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  Speaker 1: Into the rock, and they asked an older woman who
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  Speaker 1: was passing by how the hard stone had been carved
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  Speaker 1: out so deeply.
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  Speaker 2: The older woman smiled and said.
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  Speaker 1: It was done by the thin, soft ropes used to
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  Speaker 1: pull up heavy buckets of water The rope is weak
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  Speaker 1: and the stone is hard. Yet, because the rope rubbed
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  Speaker 1: against the stone every single day, it left it smart.
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  Speaker 2: The boy realized the truth.
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  Speaker 1: It is not strength or an instant talent that wins today,
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  Speaker 1: but quiet, steady repetition.
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  Speaker 2: So he returned to his books with a lighter.
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  Speaker 1: Heart, knowing That small daily efforts can move even the
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  Speaker 1: hardest mountains.
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  Speaker 2: What are you trying to move today in your life?
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  Speaker 2: Don't give up. Whatever you do, keep moving forward.