P2C

This is the 200th post for this blog.  In honor of that, this post is about perseverance.  Just kidding.  I wrote this post and later realized it was #200, but it does fit, to a point.  We often think of perseverance being associated with enduring those things that are hard to get through.  I wouldn't say that I have persevered through 20 years of marriage, because being married to my wife is a joy.  (Maybe she's the one persevering. )  In any case, thanks for persevering through the 200 posts.

And now a word on perseverance from Winston Churchill.


We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France,
we shall fight on the seas and oceans,
we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be,
we shall fight on the beaches,
we shall fight on the landing grounds,
we shall fight in the fields and in the streets,
we shall fight in the hills;
we shall never surrender, and even if, which I do not for a moment believe, this Island or a large part of it were subjugated and starving, then our Empire beyond the seas, armed and guarded by the British Fleet, would carry on the struggle, until, in God’s good time, the New World, with all its power and might, steps forth to the rescue and the liberation of the old.”

**Winston Churchill 4 June 1940

It is the summer of 1940.  London is getting bombed and France is on the verge of collapse.  Winston Churchill needs to encourage his people to persevere through the ongoing trials and the ones to come.  

Sometimes we get tired of the grind.  The same thing over and over again can get pretty tiring.  No matter what it is.  There are projects, goals, targets that we begin working on.  Along the way we start to lose focus and second guessing or purpose for doing it in the first place.  

 

We are called to serve our neighbors.  And let's face, our neighbors need a lot of service.  It can feel like we are spinning our wheels.  Whenever one problem is put behind us, the next one comes along.  In the midst of it all we can get discouraged.  But as Winston Churchill said, "We must never surrender."

Watch this clip from Pastor Chris.

We are called to serve out neighbors.  And not just a little bit.  We are called to do what we can, when we can for whom we can.  This can be taxing but if it is worth doing, it is worth persevering through to the end.