Persistence and Patience

I listened this morning to the BYU Devotional speech “Persistence, Patience, and Posies”  given by Patricia Ravert on July 10, 2012. 

“Persistence is a ‘stick-to-it’ attitude even when things are difficult,” she said. “Your daily persistence develops into the characteristic of perseverance.”

“Most of our plans have bumps along the way,” Ravert said. “This is when persistence and patience will be particularly helpful.”

 She broke down the challenges that we face into two categories.

 “Sometimes persistence is needed for the short term,” Ravert said. “Yet with patience and sincere efforts we are able to complete the goal.”

 Ravert said the second category requires persistence and perseverance over long periods of time.