Day 62: Good Always Wins

So tonight, I was watching Once Upon a Time with my family.  I absolutely love that show!  I mean, it has handsome, brave princes, beautiful princesses and queens with gorgeous dresses (loved Snow's mother's red dress!), fun stories with new and beloved fairytale characters, and different lessons about love, good, and evil.  In tonight's episode, young Snow White had to make a decision over whether to watch her mother die or save her mother by letting someone else die.  She couldn't let someone else die.  Her mother told her this wasn't weakness but strength and showed she was good.  Then adult Snow White/ Mary Margaret was tired of always doing the right thing and never feeling like it was paying off.

Being discouraged is a terrible feeling, and feeling like choosing bad or giving up is even worse.  It might look comforting to stop fighting, but in the end, it is the wrong decision to make.  I know someone who has been tired of always doing the right thing and feeling like it never pays off.  It's hard!  For me, I occasionally think that although striving to be pure and good is the right thing to do, it makes you feel like an old bitty who doesn't have much fun in life.

It is times like this where we have to hold on even harder to what God has promised.  Consider the verse that BibleGateway.com says happens to be the Verse of the Day, "Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.” Joshua 1:9 (NKJV).  Or these two verses?

"What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?" Romans 8:31

"When I cry out to You,
Then my enemies will turn back;
This I know, because God is for me." Psalm 56:9

Good will triumph!  Even if the situation is the bleakest, that's when the light shines the brightest.  Referring back to my situations a couple paragraphs up, try not to give up hope that good will win.  Some things require more patience.  Jesus knows exactly how we feel about being picked on by people at all sides.  As for my thoughts, did I become a Christian because I thought it would reap the most rewards?  You're mistaken if you think that.  We are warned in the Bible that we will face trials.  In heaven is where things will start making sense.  Christians do get rewarded for being good, but I can't expect to get what I want all the time.  Christians do have fun, and it's the right kind of fun!

Note: I will be making the Top Posts for February entry, sometime this week I hope.  Have a blessed week!