Elevatedنموونە

Sometimes the anticipation of something great, something that we know could be just around the corner, is enough to fill us with excitement and joy. Our car might look a little bit muddy now, but we know we just have to wait for that trip we planned to the car wash next week for it to look shiny and brand-new. Or you know that the nine-to-five job you go to day after day is helping to hone the skills you’ll use when you strike out on your own to start your own business. But for so many of us . . . we get through the day just on the hope that there will come an afternoon where we can just lay down on the couch and do absolutely nothing at all. Looking towards the end goal helps make all the hardships and struggles we’ve gone through worth it.

It’s the same with our lives. When we put our trust and faith in Jesus, we know that the life we’re living now is just the prelude to something so much better. And while we face difficult decisions and lonely times now, we can have eternal joy knowing that our reward will be an eternity spent with our Heavenly Father—an eternity free from the struggles we deal with each day, the worries that weigh us down, and the depression that tries to have a hold on us.