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A Prayer for the Stubborn Lord, I thank You for an iron will. You understand this single-mindedness for what it is, though others see in it only a self-serving stubbornness, or an ornery nature at work, or, at worst, a wrong-headed determination to grind through each process to its bitter end, without regard to the fact that the result may damage all parties involved, including myself. Only You, O Lord, see the value in the refusal to yield, for in admitting defeat, in surrendering to injustice, no matter how insignificant, in simply giving up to exhaustion, one is left with exactly nothing, for these battles constitute life, and to abandon them is to stop living. All my life I have resisted the temptation to simply stop living, and, if the unintended consequence, of this resolve is the forfeiture of the wisdom to know when it would serve some greater purpose to concede defeat, then so be it. That choice, long since settled, cannot be unmade. I pray only that You detect in this a sliver of merit. And, if You cannot, then to Hell with me. |
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A Prayer for the Stubborn David Keffer Knoxville, TN October 20, 2014 |