A man was helping his uncle grind wheat in an old fashioned mill which the uncle owned. The uncle operated a large farm on which a number of colored sharecrop lived. This was a time in America's history in which blacks were regarded as slaves and before the African- American emancipation for equal rights.
Quietly , the door opened and a small colored child, the daughter of a tenant , walked in and took her place near the door.
The man's uncle looked up , saw the child , and barked at her roughly,
'' what do you want ?"
Meekly the child replied, "My mammy say send her fifty cents"
"I'll not do it, " the uncle retorted, " now you run on home ."
"yes sah," the girl replied but did not move.
The uncle went ahead with his work, so busily engaged that he did not pay attention to the child to observe that she did not leave. When she looked up and saw her standing there, he yelled at her , " I told you to go on home ! now go, or ill take a switch on you."
The little girl said " Yas sah, " but she did not bulge."
The uncle dropped a sack of grain he was about to pour into the mill hopper, picked up a barrel stave, and started coming toward the child with an expression on his face that indicated trouble.
The young nephew held his breath, for he was certain that since his uncle had a terrible temper, he was about to witness an assault.
When the uncle reached the spot where the child was standing, she quickly stepped forward one step, looked up into his eyes and screamed at the top of her shrill voice, " my mammy's gotta have that fifty cents!"
The uncle stopped, looked at her for a minute and then slowly laid the barrel stave on the floor, put his hand in his pocket , took out half a dollar, and gave it to her.
The child took the money and slowly backed toward the door, never taking her eyes off the man whom she had just conquered. After she had gone, the uncle sat down on a box and looked out the window into space for more than ten minutes. He was pondering with awe over the whipping he had just taken.
Persistence is the only key that opens the door of impossibilities. On this stage of life, things don't come so easy but one can get the best in life if he or she persists. Even the bible stories that taught us to be persistent. Without persistence in prayer that wouldn't have been a heavy downpour even when Elijah had proved to the children of Israel that Jehovah is God and has prophesied a huge downpour. Without persistence with great faith in their hearts the children of Israel wouldn't have circled Jericho seven times and the wall of Jericho wouldn't have fallen. If Jesus did not know the power persistence he wouldn't have said these words about the kingdom" Right from the time of John the Baptist the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence and the violent taketh it by force." Dear Reader there is a forceful power in persistence that the gates of hell cant prevail. In all you do persist to see your dream settle on the throne of Fulfillment for if you don't persist in getting what belongs to you, who will ?
Always see the vision you pursue with positivity in your heart, for positivity fuels persistence and giving up weakens it . Certainly in the end you will beat your chest and smile that victorious smile when the deal is done.
CHEER UP FRIENDS EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE TO HIM THAT BELIEVES
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