From the minister TD Jakes … “You’ve got to have a tenacious mind-set. If you believe you can handle it, then you can. God can renew your strength and revitalize your energy. You’re never too old or too young to accomplish your dream.”
Discouragement is easy to come by, and sometimes it comes from those closest to us. For whatever reason, we may see hurdles where they don’t exist, or a lack of belief may come from those that want to pre-judge our capabilities. We may get stopped in our tracks, or stop ourselves … it will make no difference, if we end up believing that there is no hope, that we don’t have anything left,
The quote speaks to a type of mental toughness that is hard-won, a tenacity that can be a virtue in times of trouble. I have a friend who speaks about getting knocked down and getting back up again, and relates it to how winners are made. It is the struggle that makes us stronger. It is tenacity that courses through us, if we do in fact keep getting back to our center, our dream.
Jesus was there too, doubted by some and vilified by many, but willing to endure in order to accomplish His mission. God renewed His strength, even at the last moments of His life when all that was left was to do God’s will. Our challenges will never ever compare but God is there to renew our strength too. Tenacity is a virtue Jesus taught … I pray we may make it a cornerstone of our lives, too.
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