Following Jesus is a hard thing that takes a long time Marriage is a hard thing that takes a long time Loving someone, helping someone, getting saved, worshiping Trinity, training your emotions to reflect reality, shaping your thoughts to express truth, raising a child, mastering a craft, learning as Jesus learned, serving as Jesus served
Do hard things that take a long time
Expect life to get harder Expect doing good to be complicated Expect highs to fade Expect romance to cool, God to be silent, the needy to reject you, work to include drudgery, your will to fail, your wisdom to be insufficient, your skills to fall short, grown-ups to be wrong, experts to lack crucial knowledge, your parents to fail, the car to break, to always need to take another step
Do hard things that take a long time
Enjoy deep things that last forever Following Jesus is a deep thing that lasts forever Marriage is a deep thing that changes you forever Loving someone, helping someone, getting saved, worshiping Trinity, training your emotions to reflect reality, shaping your thoughts to express truth, raising a child, mastering a craft, learning as Jesus learned, serving as Jesus served Enjoy deep things that last forever Expect life to get lighter Expect highs to endure Expect doing good to get easier Expect romance to flourish, God to speak, the needy to need less, work to satisfy, your will to strengthen, your wisdom to bless, your skills to sharpen, grown-ups to protect, experts to know enough, your parents to succeed, the car to hum, to always get to take another step Enjoy deep things that last forever