Strength for the Long Haul

When I was younger, I admired speed. But the older I get, the more I’ve come to admire endurance. Because life isn’t a sprint. It’s a marathon.

You don’t have to be spectacular. You simply have to keep walking. Keep praying. Keep loving. Keep trusting. Keep showing up. Because God has a remarkable way of honoring long obedience.

Jesus endured. Through rejection. Through suffering. Through the cross itself. And because He endured, we have hope.

Marcus Aurelius wrote: “The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.” God often uses the very things we wish He would remove to shape the people we’re becoming.