God’s Best

"We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be."

— C. S. Lewis

Sometimes there’s pain before there is the best. Sometimes we must lose that which was good, in order to gain the best. Sometimes we must be broken from good, in order to be best. Sometimes best is painful in its growth. But there has never been a person, who has beheld God’s best, in all its splendor, and said “this was not worth it. This was not worth the tears I have cried.”

Every single one of them has looked into the eyes of the One who carried them here, and collected every tear they may have cried along the way, and said “God, you couldn’t have done it any better. I’ve had more gains than losses, I’ve known more joy than hurt.”

And your story will be no less.

You will not suffer and not gain beauty. You will not walk through painful days, and not receive the best in the end.

Every tear you’ve cried has been accounted for. The best is yet to come. This is not all there is.