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Keep Going

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During art class, Cody and his classmates were assigned to draw somebody who inspired them. Cody thought of all the possibilities; his father, who was in the Army, his uncle, who was in the Navy, his mother, who took care of him and his younger brothers for what seemed like forever.
"Who are you drawing?" Matthew, Cody's friend, asked.
"I...I'm not sure..." Cody groaned, staring at his blank sheet of paper.
"Well, you'd better hurry up and think. The assignment is due at the end of the class." Matthew said, turning to his paper and scribbling away.
Everybody immediately picked up their pencils and started drawing who inspired them; everybody except Cody. The teacher came up to Cody and bent down.
"Do you need any help, Cody?" he asked.
Cody was immediately drawn to the crucifix that his teacher was wearing.
Jesus. He would draw Jesus.
"No, every thing is fine." Cody said as he turned to his paper.
"I'm gonna draw you, Jesus..." Cody whispered.
As Cody started drawing Jesus' head, he stopped.

'No...that's wrong.'

Cody erased frantically and tried again.

'Crud...no!'

Cody erased his paper so many times just because he felt like he couldn't draw Jesus' head. He felt a sort a presence behind him, so he froze.

"Keep going." a strong voice said.

Cody looked around, just to make sure if anybody else had heard the same voice he had. His classmates continued drawing; not one of them looked up.

"Keep going." the voice said again.

Cody sighed and slowly started drawing Jesus' head. It was perfect! Now, the eyes. Cody slowly started to draw the eyes, but one of them looked uneven...or, that's how he saw it.
As Cody reached for his eraser, he felt a hand on top of his.  

"No. Don't erase." the voice said softly yet sternly.

Cody longed to just disobey this voice just once, but he couldn't move his left hand. The presence's hand was too strong; too firm on his own.
Cody continued drawing. Everything seemed to go just fine until he started drawing the hands. Jesus' left hand looked more like a claw in Cody's eyes, His beard seemed too fuzzy on the left side, His hair looked too poofy, everything just looked wrong.
Cody, in frustration, dropped his pencil and tried to keep his tears in. Why couldn't he draw Jesus!?

'Jesus, I can't do it! It looks horrible!' he shouted.

Cody felt a touch so warming that it gave him goosebumps.

"Keep going." the voice said loudly and clearly, gently and sternly, but ultimately, lovingly.

Cody picked up his pencil and continued to draw.

The bell rang and everybody handed their assignments to the teacher. Cody was the last one to stand and he slowly gave the teacher his assignment.
"Who did you draw, Cody?" the teacher asked, not even glancing at the drawing.
"...I drew Jesus." Cody said as he walked out of the classroom.
The teacher looked at Cody's drawing and saw that there were many scribbles and smudges. But the outcome looked very good. He glanced at the top of the paper and saw written many times in rich crimson; Keep Going.
You gotta keep going!!! No matter what kind of situation you find yourself in, Jesus will be there for you and will tell you to keep going! Don't be discouraged, or afraid!
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Pysk's avatar
Amen! Always keep going.