There is an end. I will one day finish my race and receive a new, perfect body. All the struggle, all the heartache, all the sin has an expiration date. Best of all, the result, this perfect finish, does not depend on me, but on God whose steadfast love endures forever. He will complete His work in me. Just as a diamond is formed through the combined force of time and pressure, so the pressures of life are a force He will use to make me beautiful.