By unanimous decsion, they say...

When you are young, anything seems possible, but when you are old it becomes more difficult to accomplish. When people tell you you can't do something or that you are wrong, youth ignores it, but age listens. But, regardless of your age, right is still right, period.  And so we come to the aged Paul.  He had done the seemingly impossible and had but a sole companion.  Would he accept the defeat often found in old age, or persevere?  I think you probably already know the answer to this one...

2 Timothy, Chapter 4

 9 Be diligent to come to me soon,  10 for Demas left me, having loved this present world, and went to Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.  11 Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with you, for he is useful to me for service. 12 But I sent Tychicus to Ephesus.  13 Bring the cloak that I left at Troas with Carpus when you come, and the books, especially the parchments.  14 Alexander, the coppersmith, did much evil to me. The Lord will repay him according to his works,  15 of whom you also must beware; for he greatly opposed our words.

  16 At my first defense, no one came to help me, but all left me. May it not be held against them.  17 But the Lord stood by me, and strengthened me, that through me the message might be fully proclaimed, and that all the Gentiles might hear; and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.  18 And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me for his heavenly Kingdom; to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

 Of course he strove on!  God had delivered him in the past and there was no reason to believe otherwise!!!  If you are doing your best to serve God, ignore what the critical crowd says, who knows, maybe they are the new "three stooges" and not to be taken seriously.