*WHY SHOULD I BE DISCOURAGED?*

"I watched a local football match in a school playing ground. As I sat down, I asked one of the boys what the score was.

With a smile, he replied; "They are leading us *3-0"*!

And I said, REALLY!! I have to say you don't look *discouraged.*

'Discouraged?' the boy asked with a puzzled look ...

*Why should I be discouraged* when the referee has not blown the final whistle?

I have confidence in the team and the managers; *We shall definitely overcome!*

Truly, the match ended *5-4* in favor of the boy's team! 

He waved at me gently, with a beautiful smile as he left; I was amazed with my mouth wide open; such confidence; such beautiful faith.

As I got back home that night, his question kept coming back to me: "Why should I be *discouraged* when the referee has not blown the final whistle?"

Life is like a game. 

Why should you be *discouraged* when The Almighty God is your manager? 

Why should you be *discouraged*, whist there's still life? 

Why should you be *discouraged* when your final whistle has not sounded? 

The truth is that many people blow the final whistle themselves; 

But as long as there is life, nothing is impossible and it is never too late for you.

*Half time* is not *full time* and HIS calendar for your life is not man's calendar.

Don't blow the whistle yourself. 

BE ENCOURAGED! DON'T GIVE UP.

With God all things are still possible!"