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Revelation 1:9

Here John is introducing himself to the seven churches in Revelations as their brother and their partner. This speaks volumes on his character showing how humble he is saying how he is one of them. That he is just another follower of the Lord. John is saying how he is a brother and partner in the great tribulation, the kingdom, and the patient endurance. The Lord calls us to endure for His sake, He calls us to stick out the tribulations and you know what is so amazing? We will be welcomed into the kingdom of God for doing so. My life is but a pencil mark compared to the length of eternity. But one crazy thing about this pencil mark is that our eternity depends on what we do here. So when looking at the grand scheme of things how can we not patiently endure for His names sake? How can we not aim to love the Lord with all that we are? The Lord promises us great and wonderful things in the Kingdom of God. We need only to endure the hardships and tribulations. How sweet will it be when the Lord of all creation looks at me face to face telling me that I was a good and faithful servant of Him, I cant even imagine the joy that will fill me.
We are all partners, brothers, and sisters of the patient endurance. None of us are going through this alone. I tend to forget more times than I can count. I try to be independent, I guess it’s a pride thing. I don't allow people to help me because I am determined to figure it out on my own. What I end up doing is bottling all of my emotions up. I burry them and try to forget that they exist and to me it works out great, until the littles thing setts me off and I’m a mess. Being in this season the Lord is really stretching me to be more vulnerable with the people around me. He is stretching me to crack under the pressure of all of the things that I have been burying for I don't even know how many years. But like I said, this is but a pencil mark on the length of eternity and if I have to endure this season of growth for His names sake then I'm going to, I’m not going to like it, but I’m going to. 

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