Dig!

In volleyball, once the ball kisses the ground it's the end -- you've lost. A dig bounces the ball back into play.
In life it is sometimes like we are spiritually constantly digging. In ministry, we are just barely staying in the game or constantly throwing out lifelines to others without seeing any growth or maturity or even stability in others or ourselves. It's tempting just to concede the point -- but the truth is a dig is the only thing that changes a lost point into a great play.
We aren't all scorers, but the point can be won without a dig -- so keep digging. 
"And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart." -- Galatians 6:9