Continued Persistence

This is going to be a different kind of post because I am in a different kind of mood.  (If you read the post about the sad news on the other blog you will understand.)  Anyway, yesterday we went on a 5 mile walk along the river.  I kept seeing these spots in the asphalt that were lifted.  I knew what was causing it, plant growth underneath.  It amazes me that a tiny plant can send up a fragile shoot and through continued persistence it can break through asphalt! 

So of course this led to me thinking about all the things I can do (and have done) through continued persistence.  

At the ballgame last night (we went with the kids and grands) our team was behind by 3 runs.  I said to myself (this is silly but I do it all the time), "If God wants me to have some ice cream, our team will get enough hits to pull ahead."  No sooner did I acknowledge that thought and boom . . . we got a home run!  And the hits stacked up quickly and we were ahead!  Dang!  God must really want me to have ice cream!

Then I thought about my own "continued persistence".  Which direction was I going with it?  I passed on the ice cream.