Don't Stop in the Middle of Hard!

I am passionate about sharing His words of hope and rescue, which continuously tug at my soul. This calling is expressed through conversations over coffee or by traveling to share His promises with weary souls. I enjoy traveling, but sometimes it unfolds unexpectedly. For example, while writing this post, I am sitting at the airport with a delayed flight . . . that has been delayed multiple times. Haha!

Have you ever had to travel the uncomfortable road to reach your destination?

Have you faced challenges in your God-given call?

There is a man in the Bible named Paul. He had a deep call on his life. He also had troubles and struggled through massive difficulties. He faced persecution, shipwreck, snakebite, and so much more. Yet, he said, his challenges were ‘light and momentary compared to the joy of serving.' His affliction was so much more than my delayed flight. Paul calls his hardship light and momentary. Why should I complain?

2 Corinthians 4:17-18

“For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.” (ESV)

As we look to the joy of the call and the reward of the eternal, the uncomfortable becomes doable.

My friend, what is God’s call on your life? Embrace the uncomfortable so you get the joy.

Serve when you’re tired.

Work when you want to walk away. Press on, dear friend.

Change that diaper again, and love that crying baby tenderly.

Speak words of kindness to the difficult one at work.

Forgive that family member one more time.

Choose to focus on the good in your man.

Friend, don’t stop in the middle of hard. Rest and hit the repeat button. Press on, for your work is not in vain. As you press on, the uncomfortable will become doable. The rewards will chase you, and you will bump into victory.