Encouraging Quote of the Day – In God’s Eyes Maturity Supercedes Comfort

The Bible tells us to pray without ceasing... In the good times and the bad, thank the Lord your God. :)

“God is concerned more with our ultimate maturity than He is with our present comfort.” – Joyce Meyers

Many times in life a certain situation seems unbearable. It feels like God does not care or does not want you to be happy in your life. This is the type of attitude that a lot of people have towards situations and events in their lives, particularly when they feel negative towards said event and cannot see outside of the hole.

Just remember, everything in life is ultimately teaching you a lesson, and working towards building your life experience and maturing you into the person you will become. You cannot grow and mature, if you stay stagnant and don’t face challenges, trials, tribulations and sometimes even harrowing, dangerous, sad, or tragic events.

Case in point, the late Andy Rooney of CBS’ 60 Minutes (who died in December of 2011 at age 93), during one of his final segments, reflected on being drafted during World War II. At that time, Andy was ripped out of his current easy life of persuing higher education and chasing his dreams, and was instead dropped into a warzone and forced to wear an American uniform and defend his country and the world against the threat of Nazi Germany and Hitler. At the time, Andy Rooney felt that his life may just be over. Would he even get out alive?

Many an American hero has felt these same feelings during wartime as United States soldiers and military-men, or even Fire Fighters or Police Officers, who are simply doing their duty. 70 years later, Andy Rooney reflected on how much that moment and event of his young life taught him. How much going to war matured him, and he said it was the pride of his life. That event made him into the force of nature that he would become; and it was only possible because he was forced to go to war. Upon reflection, Andy says that being in uniform taught him skills, abilities, determination and self-reliance that he never would have learned in a college setting. Sitting in a classroom does not, cannot and will never prepare a person for the rigors and the trenches of real life outside your four walls.

As they say, there is a difference between knowing the path, and walking the path. A great difference.

God knows all, and God knows what will happen at the other side of the tunnel, whose light is not yet seen by the one who has just entered said tunnel. While the death of a loved one, for example, can seem like the end of the world. It may just be the beginning… of an all-new perspective and an all-new love and zeal for life. At least it will for the ones who understand that these moments teach and mature us, no matter how horrible they are to live through.

Life after all, is all about perspective. And in the end, in God’s eyes, maturity supersedes comfort. Words to life by!