Life is hard for many reasons, but through it all we are being made more into the image

of God. Jesus is
greater than every hardship; he is victorious over every pain. All of life’s tragedies, sorrows, and iniquities
should ultimately lift our gaze to the day when the sinful difficulties of life will be taken away and the
formative tensions of life will only and fully point us toward the goodness and glory of Jesus. In other
words, we should long for the day when our craving for meaning will be fully and finally satisfied in God
himself.