Good Is Coming...

My focus as of late has been on the current struggle in which I find myself.  I have been asking God where the next step will take us and what the next portion of our journey will be.  This last summer we experienced some very high highs and are now finding ourselves in a low low.  God's word to me during this time is that sometimes good things are preceded with tears and pain.  Jesus experienced this in the garden before His arrest. He was in agony over what He knew was coming.  There was the ultimate victory ahead, and yet, his focus before the triumph had to be on the pain and suffering that would precede it. He endured intense pain and suffering for an incredible victory for us.  We want everything to be handed to us without any pain or suffering.  We want it to be simple, and in some ways, think we deserve it to be simple.  The truth is, there is value in the pain and suffering.  There is so much to be gained when we are forced to our knees and must call on the One who will come near in the pain and suffering. This makes the victory even sweeter.