Dont get tired of standing at His door, even if you were thrown out

Ibn al-Qayyim, may Allaah have mercy on him:

“O feet of patience, keep going, for what remains is only a little. Remember the sweetness of worship, then the bitterness of striving will become easier for you.” (al-Fawaa’id)

“Go out to the field of struggle and strive to sow seeds. Irrigate the tree of regret with the water of tears…” (Badaa’i’ al-Fawaa’id, 3/742)

“It was said: Love is sincerity in striving to obey the commands of Allaah and pure sincerity in following the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him).” (Tareeq al-Hijratayn, 1/460)

“Whoever gives up striving completely, his religious motives will become weak and his motive to follow his desires will become strong, but when he trains himself to go against his desires, he can defeat them whenever he wants.” (‘Uddat al-Saabireen, 1/46)

Imam ibn Al Qayyim said:
“The ibtilaa’ (testing) of the believer is like medicine for him. It cures him from illness. Had the illness remained it would destroy him or diminish his reward and level (in the hereafter). The tests and the trials extract these illnesses from him and prepare him for the perfect reward and the highest of degrees (in the life to come).”
Calamities, trials and tests are signs of love from Allaah for the believers. They are comparable to a cure; although it may be bitter, you accept it because it is from the one whom you love; and to Allaah belongs the best example.

The heart gets sick as the body does and
its cure is in asking for forgiveness and protection.
It also becomes rusty like a mirror does and
it is polished by remembering Allah.
The heart can also be naked like the body and can lose its dress and decoration, which is piety,
and it can feel hunger and thirst like the body does, and its nourishment is knowledge, love, trust, and offering service to Allah
- Ibn Al-Qayyim

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“Dont get tired of standing at His door, even if you were thrown out
And dont stop apologizing to Him, even if you were turned back
And if He opens the door for the ones who were accepted,
then enter (with them) the entrance of the ones who were unexpected
And say, ‘Miskeen (poor) so give me Sadaqah (charity)”
–Ibn-ul-Qayyim