Whether or not the world ever rewards my efforts doesn't matter, because God's standard of success is different from the world's.
According to the world, Kim Kardashian and Natalie Portman are beautiful women. Yet they focus on their outward appearance rather than the heart, where true beauty originates. When I starved myself to look more like Hollywood's beauty standard, did I look better than I do now at a healthy weight? To the contrary, gaining weight improved my appearance and mental health.
According to the world, the city is cool and the countryside is boring. Yet these days cities have become dystopian, with crime and garbage and tent towns all over the place. Now there is a trend of moving to rural areas. Living in the countryside allows one to feel human again.
The world is impressed with formal education, especially prestigious universities such as Harvard and Yale. Yet universities are evil institutions. They're meant to be Christ centered, as Harvard was originally, but they have strayed from their origins and now perpetuate corrupt philosophies.
The world favors loud, flashy attention whores instead of quiet, humble people who mind their own business, as God instructs us to do. Politicians and celebrities live up to the world's standard of success, but they are spiritual failures. When I consider this, the values of the world are rendered meaningless.
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