Think about the things of heaven, not the things of earth. For you died to this life, and your real life is hidden with Christ in God. And when Christ, who is your life, is revealed to the whole world, you will share in all His glory.

In every generation there are those rare men and women who have walked the unpopulated road where there is purpose in their step even though they are little understood by those around them. The odds are always against them and yet they go on. They seem to march to an invisible band playing a tune only they can hear. They follow a map which is clear to them and head toward a destination they cannot see. These are the hearts that can see forever. These are the ones who have that rare quality called hope.…The Christian hope far surpasses any earthly hope. This great hope is revealed in the words of John: "Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when He appears, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is"(1 John 3:2-3)…Paul told Timothy: "If we died with Him, we will also live with Him; if we endure, we will also reign with Him" (2 Timothy 2:12). These promises transcend the temporal and look to the eternal. Their truth drives you on regardless the difficulty of the moment. If you can just reach through the fog of today's trial and grasp the promise, embrace it as your own, you can march on in the direction of your eternal destiny. It is not easy, but it is possible.