Thought of the Day-12/2/2009

Word of the Day is:

Perseverance

We are made to persist. That's how we find out who we are.
Tobias Wolff,
Perseverance:

1. continued steady belief or efforts,

withstanding discouragement or difficulty; persistence

Are you one that gives up, refuses to try, gets discouraged and falls

every time you hit a pothole along life's journey? Or are you

one that stands strong in the sight of adversity, telling

your pothole what is really true about your unwavering spirit?

This thought that I seek to write this day may speak to many hearts.

It may reach over the generations and talk to that inner woman or

inner man. Either way that it speaks to you, know that sometimes

I am just preaching to the choir, or trying to lift myself from the

ground beyond.

Perseverance, persistence is not an acquired trait or is it?

Can one who is adopted learn from their environment to

be self-resilient and to preserve against a world of obstacles?

Is perseverance en grained in our DNA or is it something

that we can take a class and learn?

From the time that I was born obstacles beset my life.

Being born in the seventies to a single teenage parent.

Being not white and not black in my skin tone.

Being of a different height and having different

color and texture of hair.

From the time that I was born and even before

I received an inheritance, a promise of

riches in glory. A promise of my Father's

ever present hand on my life.

When you come across two roads, you can take either road

according to the GPS to get to the same location.

But one road has wrong turns, potholes and such

that might deter you, or delay you from getting to the destination.

I must admit that I have lived a life of Perseverance.

I did however take a wrong turn. I forgot about

my own testimony for a moment, that I would

Praise Him regardless of my circumstances,

regardless of the temporary feelings.

I momentarily went down a wrong road of

despair, depression and darkness. That was

until one that I admire reminded me

of who I was and Whose I was!

I am picked on for a Purpose and I shall

Persevere, I shall be persistent in my

walk and in my talk.