Nevertheless, She Persisted

Luke 18:1-8

Luke 18:1-8 (NRSV):

1 Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray always and not to lose heart. 2 He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor had respect for people. 3 In that city there was a widow who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Grant me justice against my accuser.’ 4 For a while he refused, but later he said to himself, ‘Though I have no fear of God and no respect for anyone, 5 yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will grant her justice, so that she may not wear me out by continually coming.’” 6 And the Lord said, “Listen to what the unjust judge says. 7 And will not God grant justice to his chosen ones who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long in helping them? 8 I tell you, he will quickly grant justice to them. And yet, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?”

Queries:

How have you practiced transformative self-advocacy? Where have you witnessed it?

How has “persistence” been part of your experience of prayer? 

How have you experienced a connection between prayer and action?

Where is persistence most needed, for the sake of justice?

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(Art by Ben Wildflower)