Worth It

My fiancé asked me a thoughtful question this morning, something I’ve often asked in the past: Since God knew how everything would turn out with Lucifer and the rest of His creation, why did He still go through with all of it?

It wasn’t until recently that I thought of a likely theory for why God didn’t just call the whole creation thing off: it will be worth it, all of it. He knew we, humans, would make a big mess of things but he still created us because He saw the END and saw something there that would make it worth all the mess.

I don’t think this idea has any Biblical basis at all — at least, not that I know of — but it is an encouraging thought that occurred to me one day as I was mulling all the things I have gone through in the past and how all the heartaches and troubles and issues have all been worth it thus far to live the life I am enjoying now. This thought has also encouraged me every single day as I navigated around all the challenges — emotional, mental, physical, and spiritual — this pandemic has posed. This thought also continues to strengthen my trust in a God who sees the beginning from the end and in whose hands my future is secure.

So yeah, I think in the end it will all be worth it.