James 1:2-3 (NIV)
2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever
you face trials of many kinds, 3 because you know that the testing of your
faith produces perseverance.
Perseverance paid off for American astronomer Clyde
Tombaugh, who discovered the planet Pluto. After astronomers calculated a
probable orbit for this "suspected" heavenly body, Tombaugh took up
the search in March 1929. Time magazine recorded the investigation: "He
examined scores of telescopic photographs each showing tens of thousands of
star images in pairs under the dual microscope. It often took three days to
scan a single pair. It was exhausting, eye-cracking work--in his own words,
'brutal, tediousness.' And it went on for months. Star by star, he examined 20
million images. Then on February 18, 1930, as he was blinking at a pair of
photographs in the constellation Gemini, 'I suddenly came upon the image of
Pluto!" It was the most dramatic astronomic discovery in nearly 100 years.
Dear Lord help us to persevere as we strive to do the
things that You have for us to do each and every day. Give us the strength to
keep going. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.
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