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Growing Through Grit
Building Perseverance in Our Children

As the new school year unfolds, students face fresh challenges—academically,
emotionally, and spiritually. Whether it's long division, making friends, or
preparing for exams, we want our children to succeed. However, real success is
more than achievements—it's about godly character. One of the most vital
qualities we can nurture is perseverance. In a world of instant results, God calls us
to develop endurance that embraces difficulty, learns from failure, and presses
forward in faith. Romans 5:3-4 reminds us that “suffering produces endurance,
and endurance produces character, and character produces hope.” Perseverance
is formed not in comfort, but in challenge. By guiding our children through
difficult moments—not avoiding them—we help build grit and long-term hope

in their hearts.

Colossians 3:23 states, “Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not
for men.” Students aren’t just working for grades—they’re working for the Lord.
Encouraging them to give their best in all things honors God, regardless of the
outcome. Failure is part of the process and let’s use it as a stepping stone.
Proverbs 24:16 says, “For though the righteous fall seven times, they rise again.”
Failure isn’t the end. It's often how children learn best. As parents, giving space to
fail and try again helps them grow in wisdom, humility, and resilience.
We at Faith Christian School are committed to walking this journey with you. As
teachers and parents, let’s celebrate effort over perfection, progress over ease,
and faithfulness over results. Let’s remind our students they “can do all things
through Christ who strengthens” them (Philippians 4:13). Because with Christ,

they truly can.

Here are a few questions to help us reflect:

Where might your child be growing through struggle right now?
How can you support them by stepping back, not in?
Have you prayed with them about their effort—not just results?
Let’s raise students who don’t just try—but who keep going in the power of the

Holy Spirit.
Because of Jesus,
Renee Perkins

Charlie Kirk was a self educated man who created an organization that advocates for
conservative politics on high school and college campuses. He was one of the most skilled and
effective communicators of our generation. Above all, he was a Christian man who used a
biblical worldview to try and convince people that God loved them and nobody was beyond
hope. This week, most people now know that he was murdered for his faith in Jesus. Some
may say that he was killed for political reasons, and maybe that is somewhat true, but at the

end

of the day he was martyred for his faith in God.

I often think about the heroes in the bible that were so courageous when faced with certain
death situations. I think of Daniel, David, Paul, almost every one of the apostles who either died
or were threatened with dying in the most brutal of ways and how they handled it with such
courage and boldness. Charlie Kirk’s death reminded me that there are still people today with
that same willingness to endure great hardships and even death for their belief in Jesus Christ.
I hope that when we hear the stories of people around the world in China and North Korea and
many other countries that give their lives for an eternal reward that it inspires us as well to be
strong and courageous for God. We may not ever have a situation that will test our faith to the
point of death. I honestly hope we never do, but I do hope that in every situation that presents
us with a challenge to testify to our belief in Jesus whether big or small, that we show courage
and possibly inspire others to give their lives to the only Martyr that can give us all eternal

peace.