Lessons from the third article
PERSEVERANCE The word perseverance means continuing in a course of action without regard to discouragement, opposition or previous failure. In the last write-up, we learnt about patience. Apart from being patient, there is also need to persevere. Mayowa's parents were not able to persevere, maybe they had been a little bit patient but their patience was unaided. In order for one to reap the fruit of patience, one's patience needs to be accompanied by perseverance. The definition of perseverance once again is continuing in a course of action without regard to discouragement, opposition or previous failure. Mayowa's parents got discouraged to wait and they went out to look for food. In our course of waiting, discouragement may come. One might feel tired of waiting. One might feel as though the waiting period will never end, but, I have a good news; the waiting period has a timeframe. It is only for a certain period of time. It will surely end no matter how lon