from Moving Mountains

“We ache for life to come together as it was meant to be. And it will, friends; it will. Very soon. But in the meantime, the purpose of life in this hour is not escaping to Hawaii, or whatever your version of happiness may be. Our “education” in this hour, the goal of our maturing is holiness, the beauty of Jesus Christ formed in us, which is something that requires a great deal of maturity to accept (you see how few accept it). By all that is holy and beautiful—clearly the purpose of life is not the removal of all affliction, or would we put ourselves above Jesus?”  Eldredge, Moving Mountains