Here is a summary for the podcast episode based on the F.W. Boreham article:
In this thought-provoking article, F.W. Boreham examines the most difficult stages of life's journeys. He contends that neither the beginning nor the end of a long endeavor is the hardest part, as his friends debated. Rather, it is the long stretch in between—after initial enthusiasm fades and before the final goal is in sight—that tests our perseverance.
Using vivid examples, Boreham illustrates how the worst strain comes not amid the fanfare of sympathetic support at the start of a tragedy or challenge, nor during the triumphant arrival at the destination. But in the lonely in-between times when attention drifts elsewhere yet the road ahead remains long.
Whether an individual burden like blindness or loss, or a great crusade against injustice, the crucial test lies in the "tireless trudge" required after public fervor subsides. We must find inner resilience to continue walking, not fainting, during intermediate times when each step feels devoid of music.
Boreham closes by contrasting Mark Rutherford’s observation that "it is here we are so likely to faint" with Isaiah's uplifting promise that "they shall walk and not faint." Divine grace renews strength precisely for endurance in such seasons of monotony between the mountaintops.
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