The harder we have to work for something, or the greater the challenge, the more meaningful it is when we achieve our goal.....
In times of "stretching" and struggle is when we learn about "riches"..... The Kingdom of God is very full of riches. And we only know the depth of them when we throw everything we are or could even be into our efforts to serve Him.
The everyday blessings are there and seem to come easily, and we must never take them lightly, for they are all His riches. But the riches that become ours in the midst of struggle or challenge have worth beyond definition or expression, for they are etched into our very beings and can never be taken away. With them we discover who He is and can see into His heart, if only a little. And this precious glimpse is enough to propel us on and on in His service. These are treasures to which we cling.
"But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord."
II Corinthians 3:18 KJV
© 2007 Arlene Schwartzkopf