Back in the 80’s, Hardee’s restaurant had a motto that said, “If you’re gonna go, go all out!” One of their commercials had a grandmother and her grandson sitting sitting on a porch swing looking at a photo album.
When they came to a picture the grandson did not recognize he asked, “Who is that Grandma?” She responded, “That is your great uncle Henry. When we were kids all of us were playing hide-and-go-seek in this very yard. We all went and hid and your great uncle Henry was never seen again.”
About that time this old guy comes out from underneath the porch triumphantly shouting, “I WIN! I WIN!”
Then the voiceover says, “If you’re gonna go, go all out!”
I loved that commercial! Not only was it hilarious, but it also teaches a great lesson. “If you’re gonna go, go all out!” I believe this is true in all areas of life.
Growing up my favorite baseball player was Pete Rose. I know he made some bad decisions that got him in trouble and I am not excusing that at all. However, as a baseball player he lived out the Hardees mantra. When he played baseball he went all out!
Pete Rose was given the nickname “Charlie Hustle” as a Rookie. Mickey Mantle was the first person to call him that after Pete Rose tried to climb the right field wall to catch a homerun hit by Mantle that was obviously not able to be caught. Pete Rose liked the name and it stuck.
Pete Rose loved playing Major League baseball so much he once said, “I would walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball.” Talk about going all out!
Whether it be our careers, marriages, faith, or anything else worth doing…”if you’re gonna go, go all out!” Let us never settle for the mediocre and mundane life. “Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us” (Hebrews 12:1, NIV).
Let us rise! Let us persevere! Let us live out that God-inspired fire that has ignited deep within our soul! Let us never settle! Let us live with passion! Let us turn the world upside down! Let us feed our ENTHUSIASM!
Let us…
“GO ALL OUT!”
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