DAY 37 — THE HALF-BUILT WELL

A village suffered a long drought.
A man began digging a well behind his house.
Every day he dug,
and every day he hit hard soil,
dry sand,
solid rock.

People mocked him:
“You’re wasting your strength.
There’s no water here.”

Discouraged, he quit after weeks of digging.
A traveler later passed by,
studied the half-dug pit,
and dug just three more feet—
and water burst upward in a clear, living stream.

The man cried when he saw it, whispering,
“I stopped… just before the water.”

Most spiritual breakthroughs happen
right after the moment you feel like quitting.

Temptation during Lent is not always sin—
sometimes it is the temptation to stop digging:
to stop praying when prayer feels empty,
to stop forgiving when forgiveness is painful,
to stop trying when change seems slow,
to stop hoping when hope feels foolish.

The enemy doesn’t fear your effort—
he fears your perseverance.

Lent says:
“Don’t stop three feet before the water.”
Your breakthrough may be beneath
one more swing of obedience.