Pressing On

When I was a little girl I always wanted super long, fancy nails. So my mom would buy me the press on nails from Hills Department Store. They were beautiful and painted wonderful colors such as barbie pink, or red hot red. I am pretty sure they had an orange like color as well, not my cup of tea. I remember putting the sticky stuff on the back of the nail and pressing them on. I felt ever so pretty and quite grown up. The only problem was...I had to keep pressing them on. The moment I would try to play outside, pop! One would pop right off and I would have to press it on again...and again...and again...and again. Was it worth it? Sure it was, I had smokin hot nails at the ripe age of seven! It was all worth the constant pressing on.
There are times when we have to choose to press on if we want to reap a great reward. Even if it means constant pressing, consistent pressing, and complete pressing. It might not be easy and at times it might not be fun but, in the end it'll be worth it. I feel we give in so easily the moment life pops us in a different direction or throws us a few curve balls along the way. When we choose, and I say choose because it is our choice, to not give up and to not give in, that is when we make true headway in life. That is what pressing on is all about. The awesome thing is we don't have to do it all by ourselves. We have help. God's Word gives us all the sticky stuff we need in order to press on. I am choosing to press on through God's Word and because of my faithfulness I will reap a great reward and look pretty good while doing so!

Philippians 3:14 I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.