Joy, the Reward of Obedience

One of my spiritual breakthroughs was when God, for the first time, took a shot at me and  taught me what REAL obedience was all about. I was a tween back then; quite naive and restless, and only cared about what would make me happy. Admittedly, it wasn't that easy. The process of learning it was just waaay over my head!! I had to go through the no way's, the why's, the how's, the but's, and the what if's of life, and wrestle with God before I could finally grasp it's true meaning and purpose. And as the days went on, the pain and the struggle grew even worse! But the best thing about it? It's coming to know who God really is and who He SHOULD be in your life. It's being more intimate with the Lover of our souls. The best reward? Himself. And I praise Him for that. Well, it's not as if I've already mastered obedience as I may sound. Like you guys, I'm still on the process.  And I guess this is going to take me forever until I reach Heaven. Joy unspeakble!!