Fortitude!

Beaver Dam on our farm

"Let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, fixing our eyes on Jesus." (Heb. 12:1-2)

        A couple of weeks ago, my Phillip broke up a small beaver dam on the north end of our fishing pond. Five days later, we discovered that those busy-beavers had rebuilt a stronger and much larger dam!       

        The dictionary defines fortitude as: mental and emotional strength in facing difficulty, adversity, danger, or temptation courageously, or the strength of mind that allows one to endure pain or adversity with courage!
         In resilience, endurance, backbone, and true grit, beavers truly are creatures of fortitude.

O Lord Jesus, in my readers' difficulties, adversities and pains, please give them the fortitude of the beavers! (And in the burns, rashes, and fatigue of final radiation treatments, please also help me to be courageous and resilient!)