I never made a sacrifice

You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence. (Acts 2:28)

 When you’re going through a rough time, it helps to put your troubles in perspective by considering what some others have gone through.
 Take David Livingstone, for example. Called the Apostle to Africa, was born in poverty and struggled from childhood for his education, while supporting himself and his family. When he decided as a young man to spend his life as a missionary, he was mocked and scoffed at. Even those he loved tried to dissuade him. When he finally arrived in Africa, life presented one hardship after another—not only the difficulties of daily life and natural dangers but many spiritual tests as well.
 Yet he looked beyond his present circumstances, as summed up in these words spoken to students at Cambridge University: “Anxiety, sickness, suffering, or danger, now and then, with a forgoing of the common conveniences and charities of this life, may make us pause, and cause the spirit to waver and the soul to sink, but let this be only for a moment.
 All these are nothing when compared with the glory which shall hereafter be revealed in and for us [in heaven]. I never made a sacrifice.” —Shannon Shayler [1]

All God’s dealings are full of blessing; He is good, and doeth good; good only, and continually. … We may be sure that days of adversity are still days of prosperity also and are full of blessing. The believer does not need to wait until he sees the reason of God’s affective dealings with him ere he is satisfied; he knows that all things work together for good to them that love God. —Hudson Taylor

[1] Activated Vol 16, Issue 10