If 2 Corinthians 6 isn't the list of expectations we have for Christian living (notice "happy and blessed" isn't stitched on this pillow), we will be frustrated in our Christ-following, thinking "this isn't what I signed up for" or "this isn't fair."
Now IS the day of salvation, and this IS what we have committed to as servants of God, both the suffering and the reward:
by great endurance
in hardships
in calamities
in beatings
in imporisonments
in riots
in labors
in sleepless nights
in hunger
by purity
by knowledge
by patience
by kindness
by the Holy Spirit
by genuine love
by truthful speech
by the power of God
with the weapons of righteousness
through honor and dishonor
through slander and praise
treated as impostors, yet are true
treated as unknown, yet well known
treated as dying, and yet we live
treated as punished, and yet not killed
treated as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing
treated as poor, yet making many rich
treated as having nothing, yet possessing everything
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