'. . .i'm glad we did'

are you on a team you're glad to be on? are you modern day adventurers? are you on a mission together?

"we were unprepared, in the dark, disavowed. . .  and the only thing that functioned properly on that mission was this team.  i don't know how we ended up together, but i'm glad we did."
 -ethan hunt, mission impossible iv

but you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.

we are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. we always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. . .  all this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is reaching more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God.