The votes are in and it was, indeed, worth it.

Here are some awesome scriptures that Christy found for me. Yee haw!

1 Corinthians 9:10 ~
Surely he says this for us, doesn't he? Yes, this was written for us, because when the plowman plows and the thresher threshes, they ought to do so in the hope of sharing in the harvest.

Phillipians 4:8,13 ~
Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable--if anything is excellent or praiseworthy--think about such things.
I can do everything through him who gives me strength.

Hebrews 6:15,18-19 ~
And so after waiting patiently, Abraham received what was promised.
God did this so that, by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope offered to us may be greatly encouraged. We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain,

Romans 8:25, 32, 37-39 ~
But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.
He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all--how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?
No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

the night is nearly over † the day is almost here