Passage of the Day - May 18, 2011

Ecclesiastes 7:8

⁸The end of a matter is better than its beginning;
         Patience of spirit is better than haughtiness of spirit.

These two points go well together.  We can have such high confidence and cockiness when beginning a project.  We think that it is really going to be something special.  And then….the work starts getting hard and distractions come into play.  Our cockiness doesn’t help us here.  However, a gentle, patient, and diligent spirit will help us to be finishers.  Nobody, including God, is impressed with the projects we start; they are pleased with the projects we finish.

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