'Tis Blessing, I Speak {5}

Tenacity.

It is yours.

That you would see it and know it,
that you would choose it, claim it,
breathe it and be it.
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I am aware today of the need to be tenacious,
in almost every thing.

It takes tenacity to walk in friendship,
when the payoff isn't clear,
and the asking is more than I feel I can give;
it takes tenacity to continue to pursue the heart
of each commitment I have made.

In all the work I set my hands toward,
my mind must be tenacious too.

To clean my house, to read and write the emails;
to keep writing these dang blog posts,
to walk with Jesus when He isn't quite speaking.

To continue the difficult road of old becoming new,
stepping where we know we are being asked to.
To pray, to fast, to act in love...

All of it makes tenacity its priority.

We'll need it, you know, when the marriage feels long
and the feelings are less than happy.

To be tenacious is to look ahead and see
there's a purpose in keeping keeping on.

Today I speak tenacity, for and of you.

May the Lord bless and keep you, 

may he make his face to shine upon you, and be gracious to you, 

and turn his face toward you, and give you his peace.