Persistence Pays
Persistence pays. Trying to get my youngest son a caribou proved to be a long endeavor. It looked like this: drive 250 miles, hunt for 2 days, drive 250 miles home. We did this several times before finally seeing a small band of caribou standing in the snow in heavy fog. My son got one off-hand shot before they bolted into the timber. He said that he thought he hit one, but nothing went down and there was no blood in the snow. We left disappointed and pulled a sled in to a small, frozen lake where Caribou sometimes cross. We didn't have a machine, so the sled was to help us get a caribou out if we got one.
Late in the day, having seen nothing else, we went back to where Michael had taken his shot. We were dead tired from dragging that sled through deep snow, but we didn't want to quit. We decided to follow the caribou tracks in the fresh snow from earlier in the day to see if we could catch up with them. That's when I saw it- a speck in the snow about the size of the head of a needle that didn't look right. I gently scooped it with my mitten and held it up close to my face. We were 100 yards from where the caribou were standing when my son took the shot, and I said, "Mike, this looks like blood." That was it. No blood trail- just one tiny speck.
To make a long story short- we did find his beautiful bull caribou dead in the timber. For some bizarre reason it didn't bleed. After days of trying he finally had his caribou. Persistence pays. The same thing is true spiritually. In a typical week I have numerous opportunities to invite people to church and several spiritual conversations. Of those, only a few come to church. But some DO come! Some ARE saved! Persistence pays! Friends, don't get discouraged and don't give up! Your faithfulness WILL make a difference in someone's eternity! Be blessed! -Pastor Brad
Written on May 18, 2026
Posted in Daily Devotions