to live

"For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. If I am to go on living in the body, this will mean fruitful labor for me. Yet what shall I choose? I do not know! I am torn between the two: I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far."

-the apostle Paul, Philippians 1:21-23

No matter how much discouragement or failure is a part of your life (or mine), we can be certain that every day God allows us to live is to glorify Him, even if His glory comes by our suffering. If we are alive, it is to His glory. I really have no reason to complain about anything. If I am alive it because He has not yet completed His work in me, and there is still fruitful labor to be done.