Persistent March©

 

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Persistent March©

 A Limerick A Day To Keep You On Your Way©

Begin again to do all you can.

Forget what looked like a failed plan.

Failure is success.

A test just to bless.

So March on forward, persist on man.

Persistent March

There is a good probability I’ve shared this limerick in previous years of blogging. It is included in my March Monthly Journal. This year marks a new chapter in Persistence. Since January, I committed to a weekly Wednesday Facebook Live session at 3 p.m. In March I experimented with pre-recorded Zoom videos, but we all know Facebook’s algorithm favors live content. Regardless of” playing for favor”, I remain resolved to PERSIST!

My entire March Journal revolves around three words of power: Persistent, Insistent, and Consistent.

As I have entered into a new season of my journey, transitioning to working very part-time at massage therapy and spending much more time on expanding my writing business, I am reflecting on how persistence shaped my massage business.  I held a clear image of myself massaging clients – using my hands to transform their awareness of the connection to their whole being: spirit, soul, and body. It would take nine years to finally be released from my corporate job to enroll full-time in massage school.

Looking back, I saw why God had “taken so long.”  My healing journey needed its own time to take place as God persistently cared for and restored me. Back then my dream was to be a massage therapist and have my own practice. Those things came to be and along the way, a new dream emerged. I desired to become an author.

When pursuing dreams and desires with persistence it can often appear nothing is happening because we haven’t reached our endpoint. The years slip away and we feel all our plans have failed.

I want to remind you, and myself: no plan fails if we remain persistent in what we desire to achieve. Consider the persistent dandelion that grows through sidewalk cracks. It may get trampled on but it continues to reach upward up until its vibrant yellow flower blooms.  We view dandelions as lawn-destroying weeds. But research proves God created dandelions with a powerful purpose. They are so effectively persistent that they multiply every year!

As March is upon us, let’s march forward with this persistent mindset: Failure is a test of success.  A test to bless us and others. 

Jesus exemplified persistence in fulfilling His Father’s plan. He endured 40 days of testing in the Wilderness. What looked like a failure as He suffered a horrible death became the power to overcome death. The world perceived it as a failure. Believers understand that death gave us life.  With His life flowing in us we can persist in what only appears to be as a failed plan. We will pass the test. We will be blessed. We will persist.

March onward and keep persisting.

Proverbs 3:5-6 (KJV)  Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. 6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

Proverbs 16:3 (ESV) Commit your work to the Lord,  and your plans will be established.

 Pray this prayer with me.

Dear God,

Thank You for Jesus persisting in all You called him to do. Jesus, you are our role model in persistence. Give us eyes to see and ears to hear. We cannot fail any test when we give our plans to You. Keep us on Your path.   In Jesus Name.  Amen.

Written by Paula Ann Kochanek

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