Perseverance

A quote from Catherine:


Perseverance is a constant exercise of self-denial, and as such serves to keep the body
in subjection to the spirit.

As we near the last days of the calendar year and the last days of the church year, this quote may be of some use to me today. Advent is only a few days away. Again we will read in Scriptures of the ongoing waiting for the Savior, the perseverance of those who watch and wait.

How often we forget that waiting is a virtue that is clothed in perseverance. We want everything instantly. We are a throw-away society. If something doesn't fit, or it needs repair, we just throw it away. A new and better model will come out, only to be obsolete in a few years, or months.

Perhaps it is good today to look at perseverance as a spiritual exercise of self-denial. Can I wait for something? for someone? What goals do I have? What is my plan to attain them? If they take a while do I just quit? What can I be doing in the long wait? How can i increase my spiritual side and decrease my whims for wanting things now?

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