I was watching an ant on my deck this morning as I drank my coffee. The little guy was carrying . . .

something about the same length as he was. It was top heavy so his burden kept falling down. Undaunted he would pull it up and keep going. Twice he fell through a crack in the boards. To my amazement he backed out of the crevice pulling his treasure with him. No wonder the Bible says to take a lesson from the ant. That determined little creature would not give up.

And that is what we must do day after day no matter what. Life has a way of either wearing us down by little discouragements or hitting us sideways like a tidal wave. The lie is things will never change or get better. Either way, it would be easy to give up. Not recommended.

Things can change when we keep remembering truth. All truth comes from God, and because He is the author of truth our hope is grounded in reality. And reality is what counts.