"Finish what you started! Persevere!" has been screaming loud and clear to us through stories, school lessons, and life lessons.
Ricky Rabbit finished the race even though he knew he couldn't beat the better runner. Ace and Racer kept trying to win the championship ping pong game. Paul and Silas persevered and sang praises while in jail. Even the radio preacher this Sunday spoke about Nehemiah who had to organize and rebuild the wall of Jerusalem. That was more than a huge task! All throughout the Bible, story after story, is about normal people~just like us~having to work hard to complete the overwhelming and sometimes impossible. Today's memory verse is, "We shall reap, if we faint not." Galatians 6:9
So why have some of us Christians adopted the idea that if it's not easy, it's not from God?
"And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also, knowing that tribulation worketh patience; and patience, experience; and experience, hope;and hope maketh not ashamed, because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost who is given unto us." Romans 5
We can get to that hope if we just start with patience!
The Word of God couldn't be more alive in this classroom! A little elbow grease has me savoring every moment of Katie's development. Watching and listening to her read sends my heart leaping bounds! Last years, "Finshing what we started" has given us a new wind..fresh confidence in finishing this race!
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