I’ve been thinking this lately, going through a hardship for God always pays off. The hardship may be long and demanding of patience but in the end, fulfilling rewards await. And I’ve just got to trust in God that even in this life we will be rewarded, before we get to Heaven.
This is a poem by Katherine Lee Bates*. It talk of facing grief and despair. It offers hope for tomorrow and that struggles in life are there to strengthen.

YESTERDAY’S GRIEF
The rain that fell a-yesterday is ruby on the roses,
Silver on the poplar leaf, and gold on willow stem;
The grief that chanced a-yesterday is silence that incloses
Holy loves when time and change shall never trouble them.
The rain that fell a-yesterday makes all the hillsides glisten,
Coral on the laurel and beryl on the grass;
The grief that chanced a-yesterday has taught the soul to listen
For whispers of eternity in all the winds that pass.
O faint-of-heart, storm-beaten, this rain will gleam tomorrow,
Flame within the columbine and jewels on the thorn,
Heaven in the forget-me-not; though sorrow now be sorrow,
Yet sorrow shall be, beauty in the magic of the morn.
*Katherine Lee Bates is most famous for writing America the Beautiful.
Taken from a devotion by Mrs. Charles Cowman on the Back to the Bible website