Adam must have been a broken man
He lived 900 years
If he got up and tried again
I guess I also can.
Ever consider the dogged perseverance of Adam? Life after Eden surely had an aspect of monotony to it. Bitter self-recrimination would have been the path of least resistance. Considering how Adam fingered perfection, only to relinquish it on a whim, only to go on living for centuries, only to hope for a final repossession of what had been lost…prompts me to pursue endurance.
(See prior post for context.)
Sunday, February 13, 2005
Stamina
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2 comments:
Sigh, Ariel. You've put all I'm trying to tell myself ina nutshell. To go on..to go on..to go on some more. If we cast dreams as a reachable oasis..we ought to pursue it. Despite mirages..?
I think the quality of our perseverance inevitably depends on the quality of our "dreams."
As Paul of Tarsus said, back in the first century: "The fundamental fact of existence is that this trust in God, this faith, is the firm foundation under everything that makes life worth living. It's our handle on what we can't see."
Endurance needs a mirage-free oasis, unshakeable moorings. (Hebrews 11 in The Bible) Otherwise...why endure?
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