Just Keep Trying

I can't help but think about Dori from Finding Nemo.  She was the fish with the short memory who kept reminding herself at one point to just keep swimming, swimming, swimming.  Life can be challenging and doing what is right can be difficult to do sometimes.  Certainly there are times when mistakes are made and maybe we beat ourselves up over them.  Sometimes frustration peaks and we might feel like quitting but we cannot.  We just keep trying.  If at first you don't succeed can stretch into if after hundreds of tries you don't succeed, try, try again.  We press forward and continue on, we do our duty, we lead our families even when we are hated for it.  I have a little boy who throws a tantrum quite often when I call the family together for scripture and prayer time.  It gets a little old.  If I quit calling the family together for scripture and prayer I would no longer have to endure that behavior but at what cost?  I will just keep trying and maybe trying is the wrong word here, maybe it should be just keep doing.  Keep doing the hard things, don't give up, don't quit.  I am not the expert, far from it, but I do believe in consistency even in the face of opposition.  So I'll get yelled at for calling the family together for scripture and prayer.  I will trust that the Lord knows better than I and I will do my best to follow His will.  I will continue to press forward as best I can and I will just keep trying to follow Him.  And as a side note, I'll just have to keep repenting for my many failed attempts.