"Someone once noted: ""Happiness does not come from doing easy work but from the afterglow of satisfaction that comes after the achievement of a difficult task that demanded our best.” That’s true. God’s best will usually not be the easiest assignment. For example, a few years ago I was invited to speak for a convention in Honolulu. They bought my wife and I a nice hotel room, provided our meals and even paid me for coming. I told my friends it was a tough job but someone had to do it. A few months later, I spoke for a home school convention in a developing country. I stayed with a missionary in a cottage with no electricity and spent much of my time hauling water up a steep mountain. But we saw many people encouraged in the things of God. Today, reflecting on that second trip gives me a greater sense of fulfillment, because in the end, it’s usually the more difficult assignment that best redeems the time. "