Greatest - built on the foundation of hardship

My idea of what God is like:

1. Love
2. Patient
3. Joyful
4. Wise
5. Strong
6. Generous
7. Ever-Forgiving
8. Compassionate
9. Kind
10. Merticulous (cares about every small detail)
11. Beautiful
12. Brave

God is great.. Yes.. Jesus has all the qualities above.. and in Jesus's death and resurrection.. we are made in the same image as him... "As Jesus is, so are we in this world." Therefore, with the power of God, you will be able to have all the above characteristics as well.. just believe in God.. have a good opinion of God.

Remember Moses? It was only after he realised his real bloodline... after he accidentally killed a man and escaped from Egypt alone, wandered in the desert.. and became a lowly sherperd.. that God was able to use him to deliver all the Israelites out of Egypt.

Remember Joseph? It was only after all his brothers betrayed him.. threw him into a well.. sold him as a slave to Egypt... where he was framed by his boss's wife and thrown into prison.. when he finally found the purpose for his gift of interpreting dreams.. which he successfully used to save the Pharoah and the land from famine... this ultimately allowed him to save even his family from the famine...

All great kings seem to be built on a solid foundation of hardship.. It appears that nothing trains you better than experience...

Even the son of God.. Jesus, had to experience so many temptations and hardship before he achieved the greatest salvation of all of history... So if even the son of God cannot be spared from the baptism of fire.. then what more we humans.. flesh and blood..

Therefore.. to become great.. We must first humbly accept the road that God has given us. Even if it is not an easy path. We must walk this path with a confident expectation of good, that in the end... God can finally achieve great things through us. And more than often these things will benefit more than just ourselves.. but also those we love... So don't give up... please persevere and endure the hardship that you are experiencing at the moment... Do it with the power of God.. and always know that no matter how badly people treat you.. or how many times you are humilitated... you are not defined by what they say you are.. God who makes you, defines you.. and God always has a good opinion of you...