day no. 15,406: lifting weights in order to lift heavier weights

2 Corinthians 4:16-17
So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison

Glory is weightiness. It is gravitas. It has a wonderful heaviness to it the way a weighted blanket provides comfort and warmth. 

In this life, we have been assigned to carry certain weight. These compare little to the weight of glory we will shoulder for eternity if we are found in Christ. These burdens are bulking us up to bear better weights. These daily weights are helping our shoulders to acquaint themselves with weightiness so that when we meet real weight face to face, we may be ready for it descend more heavily upon us.

In comparison with the eternal weight of glory, these light, temporary glories are as a mist that vanishes with the rising sun. The weight of bearing the dawn cannot compare to the weight of wearing the day and the character we've developed enduring the faded light of the distant stars is preparing us to endure the brilliant radiance of the rising sun.