The things that once stirred your spirit barely move you anymore. Your prayers feel routine. Your compassion has weakened. The suffering of others doesn't touch you the way it once did. You haven't turned your back on God, but somewhere between life's disappointments, responsibilities, and struggles, your spiritual fire has begun to fade.

James “Rhodey” Rhodes was a soldier before he became a superhero, a friend before he became a partner and a man of courage long before anyone handed him a billion-dollar suit of armor. While Tony Stark became famous as Iron Man, Rhodey earned something that could not be manufactured in a laboratory or purchased with Stark Industries money: the trust of those who knew he would stand beside them when everything went wrong.

But what if life never becomes completely perfect? What if there is always another goal, another challenge, another prayer and another unfinished part of the story? God may be trying to teach us that joy does not have to be postponed until every circumstance cooperates. We can experience happiness now, not because everything is exactly as we want it, but because God is still good and there is still something worth appreciating in the life He has already given us.