The convict built Richmond
Bridge in Tasmania is the oldest
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stone arch bridge in Australia.
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The foundation stone
was laid in December 1823
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and construction
continued using convict labor
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until its completion in 1825.
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For 10 years it had the longest
span of any bridge in Australia.
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Just up the road from the
bridge across the Cull River
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is the St. John's Church,
the oldest Catholic Church
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in Australia. When this
church was built in 1836
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it was customary for
parishioners who passed away to
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be buried in what was considered
the Sacred Church Grounds.
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As you walk near the
entrance of the church,
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you may casually pass this
little grave of Henry Emmet Amar
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the only son of Thomas
Francis and Catherine Amar.
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Nearby is an inscription
about his father Thomas.
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It's a story of heartbreak,
struggle and mystery.
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You see, Thomas Omar, son of
the Lord Mayor of the city of
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Waterford Island was a prominent
leader in the Young Island
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Movement of the 1840's, he
was an outspoken and idealistic
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young political activist and
was condemned to death in 1848
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for his part in an insurrection
aimed at restoring the
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national
independence of Ireland.
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Due to a massive public outcry
and defense of the young man
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Omar sentence was commuted
to transportation for life.
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And so, in 1849 he was shipped
as a convict or a prisoner
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of the British Penal System
to the opposite end of the world
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to the island of Tasmania.
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Join me on The Unbelievable
Journey of Thomas Omar
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as he seeks
justice and a new life.
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It's indeed a tale of patriotism
and rebellion, of love and loss,
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of escape and
redemption, of war and tragedy.
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You won't want to miss it.
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Beginning in February
1848 Europe was rocked
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by a series of
Revolutionary Movements.
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Beginning in Sicily and
spreading to France, Germany,
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Italy, Ireland, and
the Austrian Empire.
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They ended in failure and
repression and were followed by
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widespread disillusionment.
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One such movement gained a
foothold among the working class
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people in Ireland during the
great famine of 1845 to 1849.
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During the famine over a million
people died and a million more
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left Ireland to
settle in other countries.
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As part of the social upheaval
and rebellion a young patriot
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Thomas Omar went to France
to study revolutionary events
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there, he returned home
with a new flag of Ireland
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made and given to him by
French women sympathetic to the
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Irish Corps. The flag was
first flown in public on the
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1st of March 1848
at Waterford Island.
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Omar's Irish flag of green white
and orange endured and became
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the national flag of
the Republic of Ireland.
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Thomas Omar was an
eloquent and gifted orator
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who was very popular with
the people, the social upheaval
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came to a head in 1848 with
the Young Islander Rebellion
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against the British Monarchy.
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Following the incident
also known by the Battle of
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Ballingarry in August 1848 Omar
along with four of his fellow
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revolutionaries was arrested,
tried, and convicted of
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sedition. The penalty for
sedition was death by being
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hung, drawn, and courted.
Standing before the judge Omar
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delivered an
impassionate plea for clemency.
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The Irish people loved
Omar and also rallied together
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to demand clemency for
him, the judge relented and
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commuted Omar's sentence
to transportation for life
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in the penal colony of Van
Dieman's Land known today as
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the island State of
Tasmania, Australia.
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Omar was shipped out as a
political convict on board the
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transport ship, the Swift in
July 1849, most of the prisoners
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or convicts as they were called
received the severe punishments
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for petty crimes and
misdemeanors like stealing
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a lace
handkerchief or a loaf of bread.
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During the convict era
from 1788 to 1868 the British
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sent over 165,000 convicts,
men, women, and children
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to the colonies in Australia,
nearly half of them ended up in
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Van Dieman's Land.
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Omar arrived in Tasmania
where he gave his word to the
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authorities not to attempt
an escape. In return, he was
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granted a ticket of leave or
permission to have comparative
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freedom on the island.
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He was first sent to live in
Campbell Town and later in Ross
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where his Britt
Cottage still stands today.
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While here in Ross, Omar
spent a good deal of his time
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in Hopes Hotel, at the
time a local inn but now a
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private residence. Omar's
letters were sent from here
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during his time in Ross.
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One day while helping the local
physician Dr. Hall with his
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carriage, he met Ms. Catherine
Bennett who at the time was
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the governess caring for the six
children of Dr. and Mrs. Hall.
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Thomas and Catherine were
married on the 22nd of February
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1851 and lived in a cottage
on the shores of Lake Sorrell.
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But the restless and ambitious
Omar couldn't be confined
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to the penal colony for long,
desperately wanting his freedom
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and a new cause to champion,
Omar began secretly meeting
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with his fellow Irish
rebels and plotting his escape.
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By this time, he and Catherine
had been married for almost
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a year and Catherine was
pregnant with their first child
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and soon to give birth, but
none of this constrained Omar.
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When his father sent
money to pay for the escape,
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Omar organized with the
Irish Sympathizers in Northern
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Tasmania to assist him to meet
up with the sailing ship bound
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for Brazil and
then on to America.
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Leaving Catherine behind,
Omar traveled mostly at night
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past the mountains and great
lakes and down into the town
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of Westbury which is at
the foot of the mountains.
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It was a Galic-speaking
area and he was sheltered there
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until the coast was clear,
then the Irish Sympathizers
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rode Omar 60
Kilometers down the Tamar River
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and out to sea in a difficult
and dangerous conditions
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to rendezvous
with a waiting ship.
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It all had to be navigated
in the dark, no lights at all
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to avoid being detected.
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Omar successfully
escaped and reached New York
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in May 1852. Here he
found himself among the throngs
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of other Irish immigrants
and was warmly welcomed by the
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Irish exiles. Omar thrived
in this new world with enticing
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possibilities and soon began
to make a new life for himself,
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meanwhile, tragedy befell
his family back in Tasmania.
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Thomas and Catherine's son
Henry Emmet Fitzgerald Omar
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was born in 1852 just
months after his father's escape
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sadly at four months of
age, little Henry contracted
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Influenza and died. He was
buried here in St. John's church
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in Richmond.
Devastated, Catherine left
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Van Diemen's Land and sailed
for London where she was met
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by her father-in-law and
then they both traveled on to
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Waterford. On arrival at
Waterford Railway Station
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she was welcomed by thousands
of citizens such was her
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husband's fame in
Ireland as a Nationalist.
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However when she was rested
and well enough to travel again
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she sailed on to
America to be with her husband.
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But Thomas Omar had changed
he dropped the O from his name
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and was now known as
Thomas Mar, he soon realized
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that the social constraints
that he'd experienced living
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under the Monarchy were not
applicable in a country like
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America. Seizing the
opportunities presented before
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him he soon began to study
law and journalism and reveled
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in his new celebrity status.
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Consequently his relationship
with his wife, Catherine didn't.
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Catherine spent three
lonely months with Thomas
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only to leave brokenhearted
for Ireland carrying their
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second child. Catherine
went back to live with her
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father-in-law Thomas
senior who was still the mayor
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of the city of Waterford. Sadly
Catherine aged only 22 years
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died soon after the
birth of their second son
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Catherine was buried in the
family Mar grave at Faith Ledger
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in Ireland. Thomas Mar
never met his second son
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who was raised by his relatives
in Ireland and to us know
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to have died while in the
Philippines where he was buried.
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Not long after completing
his studies Mar began to lecture
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or soon became a United States
citizen, he then founded a
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weekly newspaper
called The Irish News
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in addition to this Mar
also published The Citizen,
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now The Citizen was an anti-
British pro-Irish Republican
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Periodical that he published
with a fellow revolutionary
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friend John Mitchell.
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During this time Mar was also
court marshaled by a handful
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of notable American
citizens in New York
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because they heard of his
escape from the Penal Colony
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in Van Dieman's Land.
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Mar vowed that if he was found
guilty, he would happily return
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to Australia, but as it
turned out the American court
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found in his favor and
acquitted him of the charges
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that had been brought against
him by the British Crown.
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Just before the outbreak
of the American Civil War
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Mar joined the Union Army and
was commissioned as a captain
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in the 69th Infantry Regiment
of the New York State Militia.
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The 69th fought in the
first battle of Bull Run
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where the Union lost to the
Confederates, Mar's commanding
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Officer was taken as a Prisoner
of War and Mar succeeded him
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as Colonel. After
the Battle of Bull Run,
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Mar went back to New York
and formed the Irish Brigade
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he was named Brigadier
General and led the brigade in a
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Union Offensive launched
in the southeastern part
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of Virginia known as the
Peninsula Campaign of1862.
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During this campaign the Union
won several decisive victories
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and the Irish Brigade
distinguished themselves
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as CS Fighters. This
reputation was further cemented
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when Currier and Ives
a New York printmaker and
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Lithographer published a
lithograph of Mar on horseback
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leading his brigade in
a bayonet charge against
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Confederate soldiers.
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After the war, Mar returned
to politics and public service
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with a passion, he was appointed
secretary of the new territory
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of Montana and shortly
after his arrival found himself
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appointed as acting
governor by the US president
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Andrew Johnson. Mar continued
to serve the territory of
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Montana until his
disappearance in 1867.
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That summer Mar made a fairly
routine trip to Fort Benton,
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Montana to meet a
shipment of guns and ammunition
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sent by General Sherman
for the Montana Militia.
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Fort Benton was a steamboat
terminus on the Missouri River
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and Mar was traveling on
the steamboat GA Thompson
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on its approach into
Fort Benton, the final tragedy
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came on the evening of the
1st of July, 1867 when Mar fell
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overboard plunging into
the churning waters of the
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Missouri River. Mar was
swept away with the current
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and his body was never
recovered, his death remains a
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tragic mysterious accident
in a family that was separated
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not only in life
but also in death.
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The baby boy lies
at Richmond, Tasmania,
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the Australian mother lies
at rest in Waterford Island,
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the second son is buried
in the Philippines and the
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Irish patriot in the
bed of the Missouri River.
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but Mar's life was a roller-
coaster ride of activism,
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imprisonment, and redemption.
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His life was colorful
and diverse, he was a man
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with a flawed character who
made poor decisions particularly
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in relation of abandonment
of his wife and family
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however, even though
he had major shortcomings
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we should recognize that he had
strong vision, firm ambition,
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and the kind of tenacity that
insured that he chased after
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his goals with a
relentless passion that overcame
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every obstacle.
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In many ways, Mar was a man
who possessed grit in spades.
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Now grit is a concept that
is being extensively studied by
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psychologists and researchers.
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In a book Grit The Power
of Passion and Perseverance
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psychologist and
researcher Angela Lee Duckworth
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reveals some
interesting discoveries
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she writes it, of all
the predictors of success
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talent, IQ,
Emotional Intelligence,
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none is more important
or factors more largely
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than Grit.
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She describes grit as the
ability to stay the course
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for the long haul.
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In other words, grit is
the stamina both mental and
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emotional to pursue long-term
goals regardless of obstacles
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or challenges. The ability
to treat life and by extension
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our goals like a marathon
instead of a quick sprint.
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Duckworth believes that
grit is not an inborn ability
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that only a few
people are blessed with,
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grit she says is
something that can be cultivated
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and taught to
anyone willing to learn.
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So how can we cultivate
this important life skill called
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grit? Well, Duckworth points to
the work being done by Professor
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Carol Dweck a
professor of psychology at
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Stanford University. Professor
Dweck's research centers largely
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on a concept she
calls growth mindset.
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Now growth mindset is the
opposite of a fixed mindset.
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As an example, Professor
Dweck talks about a high school
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in Chicago where students
were required to pass 84 units
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in order to graduate.
Now interestingly students
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who didn't pass a unit,
instead of getting an F,
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they were given
the grade, Not Yet.
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Not yet instead of fail gave
them a sense that they shouldn't
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give up but should keep
persevering until they reach
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their goal. Professor
Dweck' s premise is simple
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instead of educating people
to think in terms of failure
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or success, she suggests
that people should be taught to
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think in terms of not yet
that every goal is achievable
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given time,
perseverance, and hard work.
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Thomas Mar's life is a
reflection of both grit
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and growth mindset regardless
of how many times he seemed
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to get knocked down,
the man just kept getting up
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and forging onwards, especially
in the pursuit of his goals
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for his homeland.
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Now, the Bible is filled
with examples of both grit
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and growth mindset, Moses
exhibited considerable grit
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as the leader of the Israelites
when God called him to lead
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a rag-tag group of slaves
out of Egypt and into Canaan
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He had His work cut out for Him.
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At every step along the
way the Israelites complained
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about the rugged
terrain, shortage of food,
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lack of water, the
hardships they endured,
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their behavior would have
driven a lesser man to despair.
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But Moses was steady and calm
in the face of almost incessant
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whining. He refused to
quit, he was given a goal
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and even in the bleakest moments
when it seemed that the odds
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were all stacked against
him, Moses refused to give up.
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Turning to God for strength
and guidance Moses pursued
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the goal that was set before
him with singleness of purpose.
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Another example
of grit is Joseph,
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sold into slavery as a
young man by his brothers
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Joseph arrived in Egypt
and was sold into the household
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of Potiphar. Instead of giving
way to despair and a sense of
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hopelessness, Joseph clung
tenaciously to his faith in God
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and it was this faith that
buoyed him through the struggles
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that lay ahead. He was able
to rise to the position of Chief
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Steward of all that Potiphar
owned until Potiphar's wife
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falsely accused him and
he was thrown into jail.
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But even when he
was unjustly accused,
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and jailed for something he
didn't do, joseph didn't give up
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instead, he shored up his
courage clung to his faith,
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and made a
difference in the prison.
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In fact, the entirety of
Joseph's story is one long
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hard round of persistent
persevering faith in God.
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Joseph's persevering faith and
faithfulness finally paid off
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when he became Prime Minister
of Egypt and saved not only
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Egypt from famine, but also his
own family from ruin and death.
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In fact, God used Joseph's
position in Egypt to provide a
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place of refuge for
the children of Israel.
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Joseph displayed grit
in his pursuit of his goal
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to be faithful to God and
follow him wherever He led.
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And that grit was fueled
by his mindset, his knowledge
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that God loved him and
would work all things together
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for his good.
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The mindset that God is in
control of every circumstance
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and that He is full of
goodness and compassion
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spurred Joseph on. It is
this mindset that enabled Joseph
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to persevere in
holding onto his principles and
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persevering in his faith.
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Then in the New Testament,
we find the Apostle Paul
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another example of the
grit and growth mindset.
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God had given Paul a special
work to share the good news
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of Jesus with the gentiles,
(non-Jews) it was an extremely
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difficult demanding
and challenging task.
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Paul accepted it with
full dedication and commitment
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he undertook three
extensive missionary journey's
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that took him to
far-flung regions of the empire
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sharing the
gospel wherever he went.
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He became the great proclaimer
of the goodness and grace
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of God, he was threatened,
persecuted, beaten, stoned,
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and imprisoned. Yet
through it all Paul is a man of
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extraordinary
courage and tenacity.
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Nothing could stop him from
pursuing his goal to take the
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gospel to the world. When
sharing the good news of Jesus
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his message was consistent,
steady and unwavering.
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Paul had a grit about
him a focus and determination
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that is evident
throughout his ministry.
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But perhaps the most powerful
example of grit and growth
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mindset in the Bible
is the example of Jesus.
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When Jesus began his
ministry He understood what lay
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at the end of His path, a cross
and a painful humiliating death.
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and yet, He continued to press
forward towards his goal of
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saving the world from sin.
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During His brief ministry,
He had to work against almost
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insurmountable odds, the
rulers and leaders of the time,
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seemed to be
constantly aligned against Him.
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Even His own followers didn't
fully understand His mission,
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the crowds who
followed Him were fickle at best
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looking for an easy handout,
His mission was to bring
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spiritual transformation
to a dying world and yet
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the people who thronged to see
Him expected Him to deliver them
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from the Romans.
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Jesus' life was full of trials,
contradiction, and opposition
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and yet though He seemed
to trudge through an almost
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incessant storm surge, He
stood firm and resolute in the
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eye of it all. To everyone
watching Jesus' entire mission
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seemed to be heading
towards failure and disaster,
00:23:20.93\00:23:24.07
even His own disciples
thought this was the case.
00:23:24.10\00:23:27.34
The people wanted Him to defeat
the Romans and rule the world
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His Heavenly Father was
leading Him towards death
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on a Roman
Cross and Resurrection
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and yet Jesus' mindset was
not one of failure but one of
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Not Yet. Jesus possessed
grit and a mindset that did not
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accept defeat, His life
revolved around being patient,
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persevering and steadfast
in following the plan God had
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laid out for Him and He
understood the principle
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that when you follow
God's plans for your life,
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there is no failure.
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The Bible promises us
in Romans chapter 8:28...
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In God's great plan for
each of us, there is no failure,
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there may be times in our
lives when we feel frustrated
00:24:27.90\00:24:32.27
and overwhelmed by
disappointment and defeat
00:24:32.30\00:24:35.64
it is in those moments
that we need to look to Jesus
00:24:35.67\00:24:39.47
and remind ourselves that
before there is a crown of
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victory there is
sometimes a cross of defeat.
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Hebrews chapter 12
and verse three says...
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Sometimes when we are
mired in our struggles it's easy
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to get discouraged but the Bible
tells us to look outside of
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ourselves and to
think about Jesus.
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Think about the fact that Jesus
who healed countless people
00:25:13.21\00:25:17.65
who could bring the dead
back to life, who could feed
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thousands without almost nothing
at hand, still chose the shame
00:25:20.38\00:25:25.05
and bitter
humiliation of the cross for us.
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Bible prophecy tells us
that Jesus is coming soon
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it points to the pestilence,
wars, and turmoil around us
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as fast fulfilling signs that
we're not far from Jesus' return
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to establish His
kingdom on earth.
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God's plan for our salvation
has spanned over 6,000 years
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and through it all, he has not
been weary or inclined to admit
00:25:52.95\00:25:57.02
defeat. His love for us
is limitless and even though
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we make serious mistakes
in our lives like Thomas Mar
00:26:01.52\00:26:05.49
He still loves us
and never gives up on us.
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Despite the setbacks and
the obstacles God has patiently
00:26:09.03\00:26:14.17
persevered in
His purposes for us.
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With God, there is
no failure just not yet.
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