Emphasis Preaching Journal

Some of the most bitter experiences of our lives come when we are forced to face our limitations: limits to our education; to success in our careers; limits of health; and, finally, limits of life itself. No matter how much we stretch ourselves and broaden our horizons, we will eventually reach the place where we can conquer no more. It is said of Alexander the Great that he wept when he could conquer no more lands. History was to show that he would have better spent his time consolidating what he had already won.