You try your hardest

What happens when you try your hardest, and nobody knows about it? It's never recognized and you never get credit for it. You don't want to say "Look at this awesome thing I did!" because then that would be conceited. Say you bust your butt in baseball practice, but the coach always sits you on the bench? Or say you work the hardest at your job, but because another co-worker kisses up to the boss, they get all the praise?

News flash. Life's not fair and it never will be. I struggle with this concept on a daily basis. It doesn't make sense that God would allow it. BUT! Here's what I have learned. Our efforts and struggles, are not hidden from God. He sees it all. He cheers us on in the background. If his opinion is the only one that truly counts, why are we trying so hard to please others? We should do our absolute best in everything and not just the stuff that will be recognized because we're doing everything for God, and not man.

If someone has wronged us we shouldn't take justice into our own hands in order to "make it fair". He tells us "Revenge is mine. I will avenge thee." So we know, at some point in time (The RIGHT time, and only He knows what time that will be) He will correct the wrong. We may never see it happen, but it will.

Life may suck, but you have to have a good attitude and know that It'll all work out in the end. It always does and always will. We need to do all we can to live the way Christ wants us to so we can hear these words when we get to heaven, "Well done good and faithful servant."