Tenacity is evident throughout Mark's message. It's stacked with testimonies of desperate souls that wouldn't be denied a simple touch or solid word from Jesus. Even when they were mocked or ridiculed or shushed by the crowds, like blind Bartimaeus (Mark 10), they knew their answer was not in the noise of the people but with Jesus.
Take the Gentile lady who was told she was a dog... and although it was Jesus who called her a dog, it didn't stop her, slow her down or shut her up, she had a NEED and it was greater than her pride or self pity. Glory... (Mark 7:24-30)
When your NEED IS GREATER than your pride... what others say about you won't distract, derail or damage you.
When the NEED pushes pride aside... insults simply become invitations of affirmation, and not insults to injury. She didn't need to be coddled, she needed help for her daughter.
If you continue to suffer injury over what others say... your pride is greater than your need.
Desperate people are usually unashamed to ask for something they need. They're also not threaten by what others think or say about them when they ask. Why? Their need is greater than the threat or their shame or what others think or what they may say in an attempt to derail, distract or damage them. They posses an unashamed tenacity...
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