Choosing obedience, in hard situations, pays dividends beyond our wildest dreams.
You could hear little girl laughter in the background while Mario told me on the phone how fond he is of his stepgranddaughters and how much fun they have. But there is a backstory. He and their mother, his stepdaughter, had some rough years. Mario wanted to give up but was convicted by God to love her through the hard stuff. He obeyed. Now, he is eating up her kids, his stepgranddaughters. Obedience in hard things is never easy. But who knows the joy and surprise that awaits on the other side.