 I know people say it's hard being a Christian, but is it really? When you say it's hard it's because you're measuring something and says, though there's a goal that you're not reaching or cannot be reached. But Paul puts it this way, he says, not that I've already attained it or am perfect, but I press forward to make it my own. And then Paul's advice to us is for getting the things which are behind us, that can be the failures, the success, for getting those things pushed forward to what lies ahead. Not even necessarily the things of this earth, you're going to have some issues, you're going to fall, you're going to fall, you're going to make mistakes. And if you focus on succeeding here, that's why it becomes hard. But if your eye is on heaven, if your eye is on Christ, then yeah, the failures, the ups and downs, then those won't be a problem. The Bible tells us that because we've got the Spirit in us, that he who began and good work in us, he's faithful. He's the one that will see us through. And so when we look at it that way, we realize it's not that difficult after all. Amen.