I don’t know about you, but I want to be comfortable.   When I have an ache or pain, I see the Dr.  I’m thankful that he can prescribe the needed thing that makes me feel better.

 Instead of using my discomfort as a foundation to build strength, I have made comfort my goal. Perhaps that is where I have gone wrong.

However, not all discomfort is equal. There is the kind of discomfort that erodes us—disconnection, poor health, distraction, the quiet anxiety that comes from a life without purpose. Many people today are not free from discomfort; they are simply stuck in a kind of low-grade misery.

But there is also another type of discomfort: the kind that builds something within us.  Sticking with something long after it stops being easy, developing a skill, growing in faith. It’s ok to question why God allows this discomfort in our life.  God never promises us comfort. 

Being challenged is not harmful. It is how we grow. If we lose the ability to sit with discomfort, whether physical, intellectual, or emotional—we lose the ability to develop depth, conviction, and resilience. View your own life.

Our own discomfort will make us more sympathetic to the needs of others.  We all have our own anxieties. 

We now live in a world where technology can produce almost anything instantly. You can generate writing, design products, and create entire systems in minutes. But when everything becomes immediate, we risk losing the patience required to build something real…… to stay committed to something long enough to see it through.

Comfort was never meant to be the end goal. It was meant to be the starting point for something greater.

We can use our discomfort to build strength. This path leads to resilience, purpose, and growth.  We have a choice.   That choice is being made by us every day, whether we realize it or not.
                           

  Let’s use our (dis)comfort for something greater.