Once upon a time ...

Life is no fairy tale, I know!!

But here's an interesting thought --
Between the "once upon a time" and the "happily ever after" there's a whole lot of drama!

Compare that to the creation of earth to the new heaven and new earth continuum.
Compare it to our birth and our death continuum.

Mmmm ...

Here's a great book to read -- Erwin McManus's The Barbarian Call. It's a motivator, for sure! Like this:
"... to walk in the character of Christ is always the right choice, regardless of outcome or consequence. ...God's will for us is less about our comfort than it is about our contribution. God would never choose for us safety at the cost of significance. God created you so that your life would count, not so that you could count the days of your life."