is there glory for Him... in the struggle...?

I look back on a week... filled... with... struggle...

Distractions...
unruly preteens...
rebellious flesh...
bound up in the battle...
to persevere...
pour out grace...
obey...
all for His glory...

This morning... a question emerges...

Is the battle... the struggle... righteous...?

The battle within...? the fact that I battle...? does it bring You glory...? 

This evening... within two phone calls... two different loved ones... two different stories... I hear the victory... of those who've struggled...

And I see... Yes... the fact that we struggle... choose to battle... trust Him... obey Him... wait on Him... listen to Him... glorifies Him...

But we have this treasure in jars of clay,

to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us.

We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed;

perplexed, but not driven to despair;

persecuted, but not forsaken;

struck down, but not destroyed...

2 Corinthians 4:7-9 ESV

Yes... God's surpassing power... is revealed... glorified... magnified... with every struggle... we face... and come through... 

Amen...