Romans 8:18

"For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that shall be revealed in us."
Romans 8:18


Short and very sweet today... anything we go through in this life that seems hard is nothing compared with the glory and light and knowledge and goodness we receive from God... taking the test is worth it.  It's like after all those years of work, studying for your degree... you finally get to be exactly what and who you have wanted to be all along... but that doesn't even come close to describing it.  I'm sure when we see the dreams and ideas and hopes of a better world and a better self fulfilled that we will look back on all of the temptations and oppositions as incomparably trivial compared to the reward... the degree... the ability to become perfect.  The trick is having the faith to live that way now, since we can't see through the veil to know all of the things that God has promised us in their full glory... but we have tastes of all of it.  You go out into nature... desert, forest, grassland... anywhere... look at the sky, the stars, the trees... and you can get a tiny taste of the grandeur and glory that God promises us.  Don't settle for dead-end rewards, when God has promised us ALL.