Pressing on. [joy in the waiting]

Trusting in the unseen isn't always easy.
At times there are moments of impatience, frustration, and disappointment.
Doubts arise, and fear takes hold.
The enemy laughs in our faces as we look for answers.
But if we continually place our hope in the Love of Christ, we will not be disappointed in the end because "Love never fails" (1 Corinthians 13:8).
That's a promise.

Don't give up.
Press on.
Joy will come.

"For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal." ~2 Corinthians 4:17-18 

"Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us." ~Romans 5:3-5

"Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called  me heavenward in Christ Jesus." ~Philippians 3:12-14 

"The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in Him, and He helps me. My heart leaps for joy, and with my song I praise Him." ~Psalm 28:7

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