New day new challenges...

Father, your creation declares your greatness and lovingkindness, encouraging statements of pure truth in our daily walk... We all remember that day when ugly was uglier than we could have ever have imagined it to be. Times when we would do anything to get a do-over. But if we're still breathing, still kicking, still here on planet Earth, enjoying a new day, then we made it through that rough time. And I'm gonna go out pon a limb here, that rough time caused us to be tougher than we imagine we could be. We would all state that "easy street" seems more of a good thing than a bad thing, but it's the bad things that caused us to grow and to refine and to become the person you've created us to be. Crazy how that works! In fact your word encourages us to, "Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything." May we comprehend the magnitude of suffering for all of the right things… Thank you, Jesus, for showing us that you are the way, the truth, and the life; THE answer for those committed to seeking the truth in all things!