Bing Cheng's Blog

As for you, brothers, do not grow weary in doing good. And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.

Exhortations to persevere appear twice in the New Testament. I don’t think that it’s an accident. Far too easy to grow cynical, especially as one ages and see more things about the human condition. The schedule fills up, energy levels go down. Regrets grow from past events seen through a different lens.

It might seem rather selfish to think that the big driver for all this is a “reward” – almost as if it’s done for one’s own gain. But I think it’s a rather clever way to motivate fallen man.