Perseverance
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When challenges arise and life becomes difficult or even unbearable, how do you get out of bed another day and push through?
We all face challenges and hardship in life. Some days are better than others, but we can face painful circumstances and difficulties beyond what we feel we can endure.
The Apostle Paul wrote the Church in Corinth, saying, “Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable.” (1 Corinthians 9:25, ESV).
In the face of all that life throws at us, we must look towards the goal of eternity with God and an imperishable reward. Like a professional athlete, we labor and we discipline ourselves to finish the race—one day at a time and one decision at a time—to get up, to press in, to move forward, and to finish.
May we persevere and endure the hardships of life as we exercise self-control in all things, finishing the race set before us, and receiving our imperishable reward of God’s eternal life.
A Collect for Endurance: “Almighty God, whose most dear Son went not up to joy but first he suffered pain, and entered not into glory before he was crucified: Mercifully grant that we, walking in the way of the Cross, may find it none other than the way of life and peace; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord. Amen.” (Book of Common Prayer, 2019).
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