Stubbornness can be a good thing
Did you ever know a stubborn person? Maybe you yourself are one. I can be very stubborn at times. Here is how this can be a good thing. You won't get me to budge on my commitment to Christ. No can do. My stubborn refusal to ever give up on the Lord or my faith in Him is my strength, foundation, and reason for living. How do I know how stubborn I am in this? Because my faith has been tried, tested, and tempted and I'm still holding on to Jesus. Another time my stubbornness serves me well is when I refuse to hop on the latest trending bandwagons just because "everyone else" is hopping on. I wait and watch. I let it play out and see if it is going to go belly up, destroy people's connection to Christ, and so on. I'm not one to "join" quickly. I've never been one to give in to peer pressure. I stay stubbornly true to myself and God knowing that if I will follow Him, and not whatever crazy thing my "peers" are doing, He will alwa