{"id":1320,"date":"2019-09-24T13:04:15","date_gmt":"2019-09-24T18:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tide4christ.ua.edu\/?p=1320"},"modified":"2019-09-24T13:04:17","modified_gmt":"2019-09-24T18:04:17","slug":"perseverance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tide4christ.ua.edu\/?p=1320","title":{"rendered":"Perseverance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Judith Minder is a senior at UA, majoring in elementary education. She is from Grellingen, Switzerland and she is one of the officers for Women’s Ministry.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u201cContinued effort to do or achieve something despite difficulties,\nfailure, or opposition.\u201d<\/em>        ~ Merriam-Webster Dictionary<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            Overwhelming obstacles? Check. The strength to persevere? Half-check? Our time in college makes it essential to push through all the hoops that life throws at you. Those hoops have the worst timing and cause tiny assignments to spiral into obstacles that we can\u2019t control. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

~Galatians 6:9,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 \u201cLet us not become weary in doing good,\nfor at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

            If you don\u2019t know\nme, I\u2019m Judith Minder. I\u2019m a senior at UA and I\u2019m studying to become an\nelementary education teacher. Not only is my time being dedicated to teaching\n2nd graders, but I\u2019m also training for an Ironman. An Ironman is a triathlon that\nconsists of a 2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bicycle ride, and a marathon (26.22 mile\nrun) all in one day. Talk about getting a huge dose of perseverance when\ntraining for, what has been called, one of the most difficult one-day sporting\nevents in the world! I\u2019ve been training for about a year now, and that has left\nme with a lot of thinking time in my training (probably too much). I have\nlearned that it takes a lot of perseverance and self-motivation to wake up at\n4:30 a.m. to run 15 miles before teaching my 2nd graders how to walk quietly in\nthe hallways. Trust me, those days take so much energy but by simply going to\nthe T4C student center and studying God\u2019s word charges me up! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

~James 1:12,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBlessed be the one\nwho perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will\nreceive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

            I am one of your\nWomen\u2019s Ministry leaders for the 2019-2020 school year, and I\u2019m so proud to be\napart of a great ladies group that strives for me to do better every day! My\ngoal is to continue to motivate each other to persevere through trials and\ndifficulties on a daily basis. Being a Christian on a\ncampus with 40,000 students (and counting) calls for a lot of perseverance and\nsteadfastness. However, I believe\nthat we can accomplish our goals if we fight for them together. The walk (or\nrun) to heaven is not the easiest but these girls make it a little bit easier.\nThe trials of training can weigh me down, but it is this group of girls who\nmotivate me to keep trying in my physical goals and my heavenly goals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

            It can be easy to\nget distracted, lose our mindset, or shift our focus outside of what God\u2019s plan\nis for us. Above all, do not lose your focus. We must find the strength to\npersevere, and overcome our obstacles. Working to accomplish our earthly and\nspiritual goals may not be easy, but do not forget that you are not alone!\nStrength lies in numbers, and I\u2019m proud to be a part of a group like Tide for\nChrist, where we motivate each other to be the best every day. God is in control;\npersevere to overcome all our obstacles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

~Colossians 1:11-12,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cbeing strengthened with all power according\nto his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, and\ngiving joyful thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the\ninheritance of his holy people in the kingdom of light.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cContinued effort to do or achieve something despite difficulties, failure, or opposition.\u201d        ~ Merriam-Webster Dictionary             Overwhelming obstacles? Check. The strength to persevere? Half-check? Our time in college makes it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-student-blogs"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8LSHf-li","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tide4christ.ua.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tide4christ.ua.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tide4christ.ua.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tide4christ.ua.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tide4christ.ua.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1320"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/tide4christ.ua.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1320\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1327,"href":"https:\/\/tide4christ.ua.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1320\/revisions\/1327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tide4christ.ua.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tide4christ.ua.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tide4christ.ua.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}