Joyful Ruins

Dear Younger Me,

I know you struggle with wanting recognition and appreciation.

I am sure you have remained faithful to friends, ministries, etc. It can hurt when that and you are taken for granted.

Perhaps, your loyalty and devotion and service have gone unnoticed.

You may want to complain. You may want to demand recognition. Or perhaps you want to quit, ending your loyalty.

But honestly, would it be so bad to be remembered for being loyal all your life? For people to look back and see how you remained even when your own interests were perhaps ignored?

No, it wouldn’t. So, remain faithful and true even if others forget you are there or forget what you do. It’s worth it, it really is, to at least leave such a beautiful legacy, one in which will glorify the only one that matters.