What’s the message when things come easy for you?  When opportunities, good fortune, or just plain ‘ol good luck seem to drop into your lap out of nowhere with minimal effort on your part? 

• Are these things supposed to "be?"

• Are these things your destiny or a higher power’s will for your life?

• Are they of great value… or is their value minimized because little effort was put into them in the first place?

On the flip-side, what's the message when things don’t come easy for you?  When you see little or no progress even after large amounts of effort and time are put into your endeavors? 

• Are these things not supposed to “be” because they are proving difficult?

• Does their value become greater because of all the effort put in?

• Or is their difficulty and lack of progress supposed to be telling you to give up?

Are the easy things in life "supposed" to be... while the difficult things are "not supposed to be?"  How do we differentiate between these two extremes? 

It may not be sexy or scientific, but the answers to these questions are often found in your gut.  You have to be tuned into your gut feelings and intuition.  When things “feel right” deep down inside, despite their difficulty, a message is being sent to you and you need to pay attention to it.  The relative degree of difficulty of things is not the issue, but rather if your heart and soul are willing to endure the highs and lows during the journey.  It's easy to be a “fair-weather-fan” when things are going well. But not everything in God's world is God's will.

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