Post #5 - Commitment in the Face of Difficulty

This consistency challenge is proving to be hard. Today is only the 5th day of the challenge and I am already having a difficult time hanging in there. (To read the other 4 posts in this blog, click here.)

Though I have plenty of topics I could write about, I've had a sort of writer's block and haven't been able to write anything meaningful.

Don't get me wrong, I have written some things, but they're not right. They're not ready.

But I have committed to consistently writing and posting something everyday, and that's what I'm going to do.

This consistency challenge is extremely important to me. I NEED to prove to myself that I can take on something and see it through.

Honestly, seeing things through has not exactly been my strong suit. In fact, my track record shows me giving up just about every time things got hard. Jobs, businesses, relationships... you name it, if I was in it and it got difficult, I probably gave up on it.

I tend to get to a point when I decide that I don't need or want to endure any more of the hardship or heartache associated with whatever I've decided to quit. If it is too hard to do or everything is not working out perfectly, maybe it wasn't meant for me to do it.

If I don't have the resources, if something or someone I was depending on fell through, if things aren't going the way I like them, if I get disappointed... I tend to give up.

But, lately I have been hearing the Spirit say, "How bad do you want it?"

How bad do I want to go to the next level in my life? My career? How bad to I want to grow and maintain a business? How badly to I want to cultivate a successful relationship? How bad do I want it??

Really badly!!

But, how can I do those things if I am always giving up? How can I be successful in anything if I never see anything through? How can I ever acquire endurance if I never hang in there?

How can I ever see my promised land if I never go THROUGH my wilderness?

A lot of times, many of us give up when times get hard. We get to a point where we feel like we can't take it anymore and we abandon our assignments. But, Galatians 6:9 tells us to "not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not."

We can't give up. If we endure the hardships, push through the difficulties, and see our commitments through - all the while, staying in prayer and letting God fight our battles - we will pass through our storm of difficulty and receive our reward.

I can't give up. I won't give up. Not now and not ever again. I NEED to prove to myself that I can take on something and see it through.

Thank you for hanging in there with me. Until tomorrow...

-Erika!

PS - Do you struggle with sticking with your commitments in the face of difficulty? Do you tend to give up when times get hard? Tell me about it below.

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