OKLAHOMA EAGLE — Perseverance seems to be an outdated concept in our day of instant everything.  If it doesn’t come easy, why pursue it?  If it’s hard or requires endurance, maybe it isn’t your thing. God encourages the discouraged to persevere. He cares about the discouragement we are facing. The Lord does not ask us to gloss over or ignore our situation. He simply asks that in all our troubles to remember that He understands and cares for us.