Living your best life anywhere
Anyone can "build a better life" when things are going well. The trick is building one when surrounded by trials and woes. I think of people like Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Corrie ten Boom. They live on in fame because of this one thing: they held to Christ, their deep faith, while going through hell. Their surroundings were nothing near their "best life!" But their inner life was pure gold; it is what held them together, what brought them through to the end. Dietrich's end was a hanging. Corrie was eventually released from the prison camp but had lost most of her family. She went on to speak for the Lord of her testimony and write books for Him. I guess what I'm getting at is this: there are many living their "best lives" who will soon be forgotten after their gone. People are more inspired by overcomers than "success." People like rooting for the underdog, the downtrodden, and such. God was absolutely Sovereign over Corrie