Leslie and Grandma Pauline who turns 89 in September

Scripture
Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. James 1:5

Observation
The road into the sunset is not a gangplank to nowhere. Perseverance has its destination. Why would we trudge on if there were no reward of an open door, a laughing fire and soul-warming food at the end of the road? When the Lord asks a person to measure the distance of the long road one step at a time he does so with a plan of welcoming him home.

Perseverance must be rewarded; otherwise few would take persistence off the shelf. Thanks be to God that heaven often ambushes our roadway when we least expect it.

Application
Perseverance is the safest investment I can make with my time, my prayers, my money, my effort. It will be rewarded. Though there may be no answers in sight the existence of perseverance itself in my life if a sure sign of better things to come. The sweat of perseverance strengthens my hope because this determination does not come from me but from the Lord. He is at work and he will finish the job.

Prayer
Lord let me grip perseverance as it grasps me so that you may finish your work in my life. I am confident that trust in you will have rewards. Amen.