BY WALT ALBRITTON

OPINION —

A friend shared his concern about his dad’s attitude. After being diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, his dad has given up. He refuses to go for treatment and to the dismay of his family, he does nothing but sit around the house “waiting to die.” My friend is exhausted; every effort to help his dad has failed. The Bible calls this problem “losing heart.” Fortunately, there are several references to it in scriptures that help us understand how not to lose heart as we face life’s common hardships. My favorite scriptures about not losing heart are two entire chapters: the fourth and fifth chapters of Paul’s Second Letter to the Corinthians. In chapter three Paul uses one of his favorite words: “therefore.” He had been describing the glory of the ministry God had

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