When Jesus was “not accepted in His native place” (Mark 6, 4), He refused to give up … He refused to be silent about the goodness of God and the important mission the Father had given Him. A word that might help us navigate life these days is perseverance. We know well that there are many obstacles in our way that make living the Gospel supremely hard. We would do well this week to pray in earnest for perseverance.
Need some convincing? The brilliant British author and theologian G.K. Chesterton could not read until he was eight years old. A teacher said if his head were opened, they would probably find a lump of fat where there was supposed to be a brain. Obviously, that teacher was wrong. Albert Einstein’s parents were informed by a teacher that he would never amount to anything. Beatrix Potter’s The Tale of Peter Rabbit, was rejected by seven publishers. Richard Bach got twenty rejection slips before Jonathan Livingston Seagull was published. Dr. Seuss, one of the most popular children’s authors of all time, got more than two dozen rejection slips before The Cat in the Hat made it to print. Let’s hang in there! Please, God, grant us the grace of perseverance.
