I was uploading all my pictures into a new program when I found this picture saved on my computer. It caught my attention. To me, the reasons why seem obvious, but the more that I think about it, the more that I realize all the reasons, even to me, may be partially hidden.Perseverance is something that keeps going, never gives up, forever runs, always climbs. This picture says, "The difference between a successful person and other is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will."
I like that. I like what it says, what it speaks, and I like how it says it. I like the picture, too. It says something too me in the deep parts of my heart. It's something that can't be described through words, but more something acquired by simply looking.
Our camp verse last summer was found in Hebrews chapter 12 verse 11. It says:
"Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us."
That verse continually reminds me of what certain things "require" and all the things that I cannot be. Perseverance, I have realized, is not made of the continual pressing on towards a goal, but more pressing towards God, letting him grow with me, and letting him constitute all the areas in which I fall short. Perseverance is continually trusting God for the things that I cannot do on my own.
The dictionary defined the word "perseverance" as steady persistence in a course of action, a purpose, a state, etc., esp. in spite of difficulties, obstacles, or discouragement or continuance in a state of grace to the end, leading to eternal salvation. Those definitions grasp everything that I feel I am trying to describe. In the end though, it is always the thesaurus that grabs my attention and makes me realizes different things that I wouldn't have noticed otherwise. It's like a scavenger hunt.
On that note: perseverance, continuance, dedication, determination, diligence, drive, endurance, grit, insistence, patience, persistence, resolution, spunk, stamina, steadfastness, tenacity.
...I am for once at a loss for words. I really have no closing statement. It all makes sense and is resolved in my mind, but these thoughts don't seem like they can come alive through typing words on a document. Think through it.
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