<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Normal
\n 0<\/p>\n
false
\n false
\n false<\/p>\n
EN-US
\n JA
\n X-NONE<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
\/* Style Definitions *\/
\ntable.MsoNormalTable
\n\t{mso-style-name:”Table Normal”;
\n\tmso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;
\n\tmso-tstyle-colband-size:0;
\n\tmso-style-noshow:yes;
\n\tmso-style-priority:99;
\n\tmso-style-parent:””;
\n\tmso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;
\n\tmso-para-margin:0in;
\n\tmso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;
\n\tmso-pagination:widow-orphan;
\n\tfont-size:12.0pt;
\n\tfont-family:Cambria;
\n\tmso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;
\n\tmso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
\n\tmso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;
\n\tmso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;}<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
The truth is, I hate \u2018the dip\u2019 and when it comes I too frequently want to quit. When I was 12, I vividly remember pitching in a baseball game. Unfortunately, I couldn\u2019t find the strike zone. I walked batter after batter and eventually loaded the bases. I called the coach over and told him that my arm was hurting and that I couldn\u2019t finish the inning. Someone else would have to come and clean up my mess. Even today, I look back and I\u2019m a bit ashamed that I didn\u2019t at least try to finish.<\/span><\/p>\n The reality is, I love to start something, but I don\u2019t like having to work through \u2018the dip.\u2019 If I were left to my own devices, I\u2019d start way more things than I\u2019d ever be able to finish. Like the guitar classes I took while in college. It was fun at first, but then it got hard and required too much work. When the dip came, I put the guitar down and I\u2019ve rarely picked it up since. Looing back, I wish I had persevered through that dip and learned to play the guitar well.<\/span><\/p>\n Fortunately for me, there\u2019s a sense of calling in many of the things in my life.\u00a0\u00a0More than anything, that\u2019s what helps me manage \u2018the dip.\u2019 One does not easily run from God! Now, when I daydream of quitting something, I remember my calling and how God has been faithful in previous \u2018dips\u2019 and I try to press on. But, left to my own devices I\u2019m sure I\u2019d quit again.<\/span><\/p>\n Now, another challenge I have is letting myself quit something when it\u2019s the right thing to do!<\/span><\/p>\n Some Questions:<\/span><\/p>\n How do you know when you should quit something?<\/span><\/p>\n What keeps you from quitting something you shouldn’t?<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE \/* Style Definitions *\/ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:”Table Normal”; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:””; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} The truth is, I hate \u2018the dip\u2019 and when it comes I too frequently want to quit. When I was 12, I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2,317],"class_list":["post-811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-dminlgp","tag-godin","cohort-lgp3"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/47"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=811"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/811\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1247,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/811\/revisions\/1247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}