Losing isn't fun. Its not fun to come in last or even second. Especially for an 8 year old. But losing well is a very important life lesson. Though everyone should learn this lesson, some never do.
Michael recently played math games on the world math day website. He wanted to win so badly but unfortunately he math isn't his best subject and he was not fast enough to beat the other kids who were competing. He played game after game but the best he ever got was 2nd place. Not good enough to get the iPod. He was devastated when the day was over and he had not won. He cried and complained that life wasn't fair.
If you think about it though, when it comes to competition, most people lose most of the time. To borrow an example from my dad, in the world of football only two teams make it to the Superbowl each year and only one of them will win. Many of the teams don't stand a chance of making it there no matter how hard they try. The other teams are just better for whatever reason.
Out of the billions of people on the earth very few are winners and out of those even fewer win every time.
The fact is, we almost always lose, so we'd better learn to lose well. No body likes a poor loser!
We should follow Paul's example and run so as to win. Run with all we've got! Do everything to the best of our ability. I am convinced that when we do what we are created to do, with all that is in us, that God is pleased.
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