Endurance can be asked for one day at a time: “Lord, I am tired and this is not over. Give me strength for today and patience for what I cannot change yet. Hold on to me when I cannot hold on to you. Amen.” The King James Bible usually calls endurance “patience.” If “giving up” has started to mean ending your life, call or text 988 in the US, or call Samaritans on 116 123 in the UK and Ireland,…

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