"Do hard things," Alex and Brett Harris told their fellow teenagers six years ago. Get up early. Step out of your comfort zone. Do more than what’s required. Find a cause. Be faithful. Go against the crowd.
Be better than your culture expects.
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And then they turned 20.
But they didn’t slow down. The twins enrolled at Patrick Henry College, took first place in the moot court nationals, and wrote another book. They dated and married their wives, cared for and buried their mother, and chose directions for their careers. Since then God has taken Alex and Brett, now 25, in starkly different directions that illustrate the Lord's mysterious plans and purposes as he calls us to forsake all and follow him.
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"The things people don’t praise you for, that don’t earn the same level of admiration from your peers, are harder, but those are usually the more important things."
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Continue reading this story, published via The Gospel Coalition.
> Alex and Brett Harris Are Doing Hard Things
Thanks for passing this story around. It made me so happy to hear an update on the Harris family.
ReplyDeleteI saw this article today, too. They are an inspiration! It's amazing to see how God's blessed their ministry.
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