Worth the Effort!

This is an exciting time at the Quick home…school is starting in just a few days. Hannah will be a senior this year and she is looking forward to the best year of her education thus far. Anna will start the first grade…she is excited, but hopes to have her Kindergarten teacher and old friends in class with her again this year. We have no doubt she will move forward once she gets there (perhaps with Chuck’s help!) And Isabella will be in Pre-K! She is just excited about being in school (something I pray she retains for the next 20 years!) with Hannah and Anna. Jill and I are excited about having tired girls at the end of the day! However, with all of this excitement there comes apprehension and hard work. There will be struggles ahead of us, along with hours and hours of homework, extra-curricular activities, ballgames, and special projects. There is lots of work ahead of us, but it will be worth the effort and we welcome the challenge. It must be like that for God. As we journey thru this life of new and constant challenges, God must think of the person we can become, knowing this journey won’t be easy, but it will be worth all the effort. Why else would he leave the ninety-nine to look for the one who wandered off? (Matthew 18:10-14)