Definition of PERSEVERANCE
: continued effort to do or achieve something despite difficulties, failure, or opposition, obstacles or discouragement..
I was walking one very wintery day, probably about 10 degrees outside ...I was down, down , wondering what I should be doing, going through painful teen years again....the fields were brown with winter brown,, everything seemed drab...gray....colorless...the sky was clpudy, cold, snow-leaden.... when I came upon a dandelion...
It was struggling in the frozen ground, but the bright yellow flowers were blooming right there in all that drabness, frozenness .....like a ray of sunshine through the day...it was like God was saying , we can still shine in the grayness, drabness, hardness of life....BLOOM,,,,don't give into the gloom...it sure brightened my day....life didn't get any easier, but I knew that perseverance would pay off at some point. ....Some time...
There are times when we just have to push through the pain....the trials...the uneasy....to get to the other side...to see the sunshine, to see the finishing line....to see the rest....persevere...
Thank you , Lord,, for your pictures to us ...
1 Corinthians 13:7
It ( love) always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
1 Timothy 4:16
Watch your life and doctrine closely. Persevere in them, because if you do, you will save both yourself and your hearers.
Hebrews 10:36
You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised.
Hebrews 11:27
By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the king’s anger; he persevered because he saw him who is invisible.
James 1:12
Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him.
James 5:11
As you know, we count as blessed those who have persevered. You have heard of Job’s perseverance and have seen what the Lord finally brought about. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy.
Revelation 2:3
You have persevered and have endured hardships for my name, and have not grown weary.
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