Keep at it.

Go ahead, take a short break, take a moment, but then get back to it.

Keep going - doing what you’re supposed to.

No matter where you are or what you’re doing, be encouraged - to hear that voice, make sense of it, publicly claim it, and stand up to The Resistance - continue to keep on keeping on.

Jesus is near you. He has told you what to do, you have the word of God etched in your heart. And you have the gift of the Spirit living inside of you.

On Sunday we will hear a familiar story about a corrupt judge and a nagging woman whose determination convinces the judge to give her justice. We can fairly assume this woman has no real social standing, money, power, connections, oratory gifts, or influential persuasive strategies - what she does have is something we all either have or can get: determination.

Nothing takes the place of this

The world is littered with gifted people who sit on the sidelines. Talent is not all it’s cracked up to be. The real gift is persistence.

Name your frustration.

Stare it down.

Your determination will win.

Do not lose heart.

Resolve to take the right path.

Keep at it.