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Oct 15, 2025
In a culture obsessed with instant results, perseverance can feel like an old-fashioned word. Yet Jesus told his followers “to pray always and not to lose heart.” (Luke 18:1) He knew that faith, like the soul, grows stronger through endurance — through the long obedience of love and prayer that keeps showing up, even when outcomes are unseen.
Perseverance is not stubborn striving — it’s soulful resilience. It’s the strength that grows in silence, prayer, and faithful action. The early disciples learned that prayer was not about control or outcomes, but about keeping the heart open when life felt closed in. In a world that rewards speed and success, spiritual wellness invites us to honor the sacred rhythm of waiting, breathing, and trusting.
The saints before us — prophets, reformers, caregivers, and quiet pray-ers — practiced a deep and steady faith. They taught us that wholeness is found not in quick fixes but in sustained faithfulness. They kept tending hope when it felt small. They kept believing when the path was long. In their endurance, we find our inheritance — a legacy of prayer that keeps the soul alive.
“Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray always and not to lose heart.” — Luke 18:1
Spiritual wellness is not the absence of struggle — it’s the presence of courage, faith, and endurance through it.
To persevere in prayer, in compassion, in justice, and in hope is to live as if God’s promises are true, even when we cannot yet see them.
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