Happy Birthday, Matt!

 Happy 22nd Birthday, Matt!

We are so blessed and thankful by the laughter and love you bring to our home!
Whether you're working, working out, laughing and sharing crazy youtube videos,

or discussing life's more serious side,
may God bless and lead you in the year ahead!

The mettle of a runner is not proven at the start

The middle-to-end of the race proves who we are at heart

The most important matter is not how the race began

But how we finish that confirms the measure of a man

Then choose to be strong in the Lord; the power of His might

No matter what may try and test, will fit you for the fight

Do not be wise in your own eyes (for we see but in part)

We walk by faith and not by sight; Trust God with all your heart

Young man, rejoice while you are young but keep one thing in mind

The greatest mark of success is to be honest and kind

For these will bring true happiness through living’s highs and lows

And leave a good example for Small Fellow who follows

Who knows what you must brave before you reach the other side

While fire pulses in your veins with many dreams untried

Remember this, while you are young and feeling fit and fine

The measure of a man is proven at the Finish Line

© Janet Martin

Ecclesiastes 11:9

Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, 

and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. 

Walk in the ways of your heart and the sight of your eyes. 

But know that for all these things 

God will bring you into judgment.
 

Titus 2:6 NKJV

Likewise, exhort the young men to be sober-minded,  

1 Cor.9:24
Do you not know that in a race all the runners run,

 but only one gets the prize? 

Run in such a way as to get the prize.