A rambling journal entry with perseverance notes and thoughts.
1 pheasant in the a.m., mowed the lawn in the p.m., worked on the lawn mower after, the transmission lever was sticking and needed adjusting and I have to look at Josie’s car.
I felt relief, satisfied and contentment this morning when we got the pheasant. It was a good hunt. We pulled into the public area next to the game farm in hopes of finding a ‘freebie’. We walked about an hour checking out a new section of the woods. Once deep enough we turned back and headed into the wind to hunt our way back through the familiar area near the game farm and the parking area.
It was a nice morning, with a slight breeze and mostly sunny.
The dog’s, well, the old dog anyway, was working real good. He knows the ‘get around’ command now and because we have been putting birds up every day he has put two and two together.
We were on the back side of an open area that leads up to the parking area, we started to work the edge and on the second ‘get around’ command as Gibson worked the heavy cover, his tail went off and I got ready.
It worked perfectly.
The dog was on the deep side of the woods edge working back toward me and I was posted up out in the open.
He zeroed in on the scent and worked into some heavy marsh grass and out came a nice rooster pheasant right in front of me.
It shot out of the grass on my right, flew out over the open field heading to my left and I was able to put a good swing on it and knocked it down with the first shot.
Both the old dog and the year old pup were on it right away as it only made it about thirty yards, but they couldn’t decide who should bring it.
They both retrieve and we are working on who gets to bring it to hand.
I want to study the verse from Hebrews 12:2 “for the joy set before him he endured the cross…”
A couple things strike me about this verse and they have me thinking about perseverance. What is it exactly?
What is ‘the joy’ set before him?
He knew what it was and was willing to endure the cross for it.
He had a clear picture of it.
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steadfastness in doing something despite difficultyor delay in achieving success.“his perseverance with the technique illustrates his single-mindedness”
synonyms: persistence, tenacity, determination, staying power, indefatigability, steadfastness,purposefulness;
As I looked at this I realized I have tons of perseverance…
When I know what the clear goal/picture of completion is it doesn’t matter what goes on, it just gets done.
I can incorporate any skill I may have and apply it to the task at hand to help achieve success. Road blocks, hurdles and delays are insignificant inconveniences and opportunities in disguise not project derailments.
Now apply that to your life.
What? How do I do that?
How come when it comes to our lives we have such a hard time changing course?
Old loyalties, family and otherwise claw at and keep us cemented to the position the world wants us to be in. And it’s hard for us to chisel those cemented loyalties out of our lives even when those loyalties are only one sided and really not that healthy for us.
Where then can we get a clear picture to focus on so that we can try to do the things that will allow us to truly enjoy life?
A friend of mine told me recently that my writing is ‘white collar’ work. We are both as blue collar as it gets.
I’m not so sure about that yet, but, I know when I’m writing…
my head hurts worse than my back.
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