23 Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, 24 since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving. Colossians 3:23-24
Life can be full of hardships and struggles. I think I want to focus on working through those hard periods and struggles. Many times we can give up on overcoming the challenges in our lives, but I think God wants us to focus on another avenue. When you look back on your own life, you don't want your children to go through all the same struggles you had, but you know they will go through some. Our job as parents, grandparents and friends is to provide sound counseling, and I can't think of a better scripture to model how we overcome those things. If we look at overcoming our struggle by working for the Lord, then it puts things into a new perspective. God wouldn't want us to have hardships, but when we do we can rely on Him and work for Him. While this was an encouragement to the young church, you can say that it can apply to anything we do, whether it is our work, our school or our relationships. We need to work with our heart and when we do, the struggles will be overcome, and when we can't do it on our own, let God help but remember He won't do it for us, we have to be an active part in this.
Have a great weekend.
Matt
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