And I went out of the bookstore while having it with me. I felt questions racing inside my mind, one by one they were waiting for an answer. Why did I ever buy this book? What on earth was I thinking to buy such book? Mainly because the bottomline was I don`t wanna engage myself in doing some hard stuffs. But I was absolutely wrong. THIS BOOK WAS THE PERFECT BOOK THAT WOULD MATCH MY BLOG NAME. A battle cry about doing hard things. Perfect, isn't it?! Praise God for this book and for the authors! :)

Sometimes, we teens tend to stay in our comfort zone, not realizing that there's more to TV shows than just those plain teleseryes, there's more to cellphones than just texting and taking pictures and jamming with the mp3's, there's more to school than just getting high grades and medals and certificates--in short, there's more to life than only these things. The more we put effort into one thing, the more it means to us, right? The more we face challenges and overcome it afterwards means sweeter victory than anything else, right?

We're actually scared to take a step out of our comfort zone, but sometimes, we neglect the positive effects it brings together with it. Sometimes, we just look at the negative side of a particular thing, but we never study its positive effect. Doing hard things means more to just doing hard things, why? Because sometimes, hard things are not those abnoxious, stupid, enormous things--they`re habits we can't let go of, they`re things we can`t live without, feelings we can`t let go, and things we wanna do but we`re scared too even we know that it would not only benefit ourselves, but others as well.

Today`s generation rests upon a comfort that brings together with it laziness and no effort. For example, school research assignment. Way back when internet didn`t exist, the Encyclopedia's were on demand. But right now, all we need to do is google the keyword and then copy paste it on MS WORD, even with the links--and pass it the day after tomorrow to our subject teacher. Life has been made easy by technology and we go on with it, effortlessly.

But doesn`t it make it a boring routine each time we make it without effort? Just like in our spiritual devotion to God. WE ONLY READ, PRAY AND WORSHIP GOD if we feel like doing it. When we're sleepy, we set it aside. When we're busy, we set it aside. Why? Because we're too full of ourselves that we neglect God and choose sleep over prayer, and activities over Bible reading. And worship? It should be our lifestyle, not just a label, but a choice.

And doing something hard is a choice too. Let's do hard things for God, together. Let's unite our hearts to do hard things for His glory. Let it be that His love and our love for Him would motivate us to do hard things. Let's go against the current, and let's make a difference. Let's be history makers by lifting God's name on high. Before I end this post, I would just like to close it with these questions and the answer's up to you. But take this as a challenge.

So can you make that choice just to glorify God?

Can you do hard things for God?