“Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. "
-Calvin Coolidge
I was watching a few stories this week, and I saw several pretty inspiring stories. Without me writing too much, there really is something to said about have the ability persist, endure, and continue. There are several scriptures and stories, characters and scriptures in the Bible that embody this. Look at the Stories of Moses, David, Jacob, Joseph, Daniel and Jesus. All very real accounts of what it means to persist in spite of.
and here are just a few scriptures:
James 1:2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3 because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. 4 Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.
HEB 10:35 So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded. 36 You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised.
But even today, there are some pretty inspiring account of real people running into some real trouble in pursuit of their dreams and aspirations and persisting nonetheless. Please see below. There are lessons many of us can take from this account. This is from Matt Long, Google the name, its crazy what the dude went through.
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