I snappedthis picture of a determined weed that had pushed its way through our concrete front steps to illustrate that power of persistance. If the weeds of our world are so pushy, how much more do we have to be about pressing forward with the flowers of our lives!
Consistently, throughout the Bible, God honors perseverance. I love the little story of Perez in Genesis 38. Squeezed inside of Joseph's life journal in the latter half of the book, Perez, although usually unrecognized as a hero, stands tall in God's record. Not as a weed, but as fragrant flower.
His beginning was notably ignoble. Without telling the whole sad story, his mom conceived him in a very desparate and unrighteous way. She, while dressed as a prostitute, seduced her father-in-law Judah to sleep with her. From that unhealthy liaison, she became pregnant with twins. The saga continued with the second child, Perez, pushing his way out of the birth canal ahead of his brother Zerah. That's why his mom named him Perez . It means forging ahead.
Throughout Perez's life, even though he was raised by a single mom, and knew that his grandfather was his dad, Perez pushed on. The credits that the Bible writers gave him through his years and even with his decendants are noteworthy. God honors the man or woman who presses through family disfunctions and does what he was born to accomplish.
Now you see why I took a picture of this little weed before yanking it out. If our weeds push forward so diligently, then how much more should our virtues!
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