Better Than I Was Yesterday

Up through high school, I was the best and exceeded at whatever I did. For the most part, things came easily for me. It was nice because I didn't really have to try. But when I came to college, things changed. I wasn't the best anymore. I actually had to work hard and try to get an A, whereas in high school, an A was a piece of cake. But this wasn't just things in school. It was almost everything in my life. Things took longer than they did before. Things were harder for me. It was much different than they were in high school. Sometimes I got the feeling that there's something wrong with me because things came so easily before. Sometimes I just didn't feel as good as I used to. But in the past week, I'm realizing more and more that God is just teaching me something, yet again. He's teaching me about the importance of the journey I am taking that will eventually lead me to a destination. You see, in high school, it was all about the product, never the process. I was usually only satisfied when I saw the end result. But God is showing me that it's about the journey. Not the end result, necessarily.

Even in this moment, I'm being reminded that when it comes to God, He's the Beginning and End, but in reality, there's no end. He's forever. Therefore, that means, there's always room for growth. There's always room for improvement. I can never be the best. But I can always be better than I was yesterday, in everything I do. It's about the becoming. The potential of who I can be is always bigger than who I already am today. So, I must keep working hard. I must remember, too, that God will reward me for it. He will bless me. Hard work reaps a profit.