Not in Vain

And everyone who has left houses, brothers or sisters, father or mother, children, or fields because of My name will receive 100 times more and will inherit eternal life.
Matthew 19:29 HCSB

When others fail to notice our sacrifices we think God has forgotten also, but He hasn't. We expect a reward on earth, perhaps out reward is in eternity. The apostle Paul had a hard life all of the time He walked with Christ. He was beaten, stoned to death and flogged several times, he was shipwrecked several times yet he did not lose hope or complain. He ended his days in prison waiting for his execution, no rosey story there. However, he left a legacy and several churches that would carry the gospel to unreached places. He left us the epistles, such good teaching! He did not waver!

We complain because we want comfort. Comfort is not always available. Some of us will die in jail, some will lose our lives for our faith. Let us not rot on the ground having never sown a seed! Let us give our lives as a ransom for many. Amen!