Hemingway, rewrote a passage from A Call to Arms fifty-one times before he was content. Often, greatness is measured less by talent than by tenacity. Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. —Hebrews 12:1 There’s a pastor on the West Coast who has this saying on a plaque in his study: “Hangest Thou in There.” It’s not only his personal motto, it’s what he tells people at the altar, in the hospital, and on their worst days. It’s not trite to him. It’s scriptural and full of promise.
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