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Perseverance in Peices: One Step, One Prayer, One Whisper
Weekly Edition #13: April 16th, 2025
Verses I Like:
“Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.”
“Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.”
Weekly Dose
Do not give up. Keep moving.
If you can’t run—then jog.
If you can’t jog—then walk.
If you can’t walk—then crawl.
If you can’t crawl—then lift your eyes.
If you can’t lift your eyes—then whisper His name.
Even still, you are moving. Because faith never sits still.
Any action in faith is the mark of the liveliness of the faith—a belief that leads to movement. True faith is never passive. It is animated by conviction and made visible through perseverance.
Virtue is expressed through daily practice, not lofty ideas—and likewise, faith is proven not in still declarations but in motion. It’s proven and illuminated in choosing kindness over convenience, truth over comfort, and hope over despair.
To move in faith, especially when uncertain, is to declare with your life that belief is not an idle thought but a living force. In the smallest acts—prayer, service, surrender—faith breathes, walks, and endures.
Quotes I Like:
“Time is a created thing, To say, ‘I don’t have time’ is to say, ‘I don’t want to.’"
“Those who died yesterday had plans for this morning, and those who died this morning had plans for tonight—don't take life for granted. In the blink of eye everything can change, so forgive often and love with all your heart. You never know if you'll have the chance to do it again.”
“Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other.”
Mane Message
Maximilian Kolbe was a Polish Catholic priest during World War II who was arrested by the Nazis and sent to Auschwitz. When a fellow Auschwitz prisoner escaped, the guards retaliated by choosing ten men at random to be starved to death. One of the selected men cried out in anguish, mourning for his wife and children. Kolbe stepped forward and volunteered to take his place.
In the starvation cell, Kolbe didn’t give up. He led the men in prayer, hymns, and psalms, turning the pit of suffering into a sanctuary. While others gave in to despair, he kept encouraging, praying, and praising. He was the last of the surviving prisoners, and after two weeks without food or water, they eventually gave him a lethal injection. Even then, witnesses say he raised his arm calmly in surrender, as if giving his final act of obedience to Christ.
“No one has greater love than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” — John 15:13
He couldn't run, jog, or crawl—but he could love, he could pray, and he could stand firm in faith until the very end.
Stillness & Strength
If you can't move your feet, move your faith.
If your body gives out, let your spirit rise up.
When strength runs dry, grace takes over.
No great thing is created suddenly.
The Stoics, like the apostles, understood that transformation takes time. Epictetus teaches what James reminds us: endurance is strength in slow motion.
Weekly Ponder
What might your next step of faith look like—even if it’s small, even if it’s unseen?
In a world that shifts in a blink, what will you choose to hold onto?
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