God works according to the law of gradual growth, so don't be discouraged if your progress seems slow.
Courage means to keep making forward progress while you still feel afraid!
God isn't keeping a record of each time we fall, but He is excited about our progress, and we should be excited, too!
When we make progress quickly, it feeds our emotions. Then, when there's a period of waiting or we hit a plateau, we find out how committed we really are and whether we're going to see things through to the finish or quit.
