Paul encourages: 'Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.' Perseverance as the condition for harvest.
I work in community development in a neighborhood that's been abandoned by institutions. Poverty, addiction, violence. Some days I wonder if anything I'm doing matters. One counseling session? One after-school program? One scholarship? It feels insignificant against the scale of the problem.
But Paul keeps pushing me: keep going. Don't give up. The harvest comes to those who persist. I've seen it over fifteen years: kids I mentored fifteen years ago are now mentoring other kids. Communities are slowly stabilizing. Recovery is happening. The harvest appears if you don't quit.
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