Contentment
We live in a world where fast isn't fast enough, rich isn't rich enough, looks aren't pleasing enough; well you get the picture! Is anyone seriously completely happy with every aspect of their life? Today I was thinking about this.
Recently, I purchased a new car. I was driving today and thought(man this car is not fast enough. I should have added the larger engine.) So is this routine for everyone? Is it possible to just accept the blessings you have and live life? I was brushing my teeth this morning and said to myself, "I wish my teeth were whiter." So as most we go out and buy the whitening tooth paste or whitening strips. I was once told that a woman is never happy with her weight. If she weighed one pound she still would want to lose a half pound. How bizarre our society has become.
Don't get me wrong I am just as guilty. I go to the gym to get conditioned but also to look good. But will we ever be satisfied with how we look? How can we become content with what God gave us?
Lately, I have been battling the idea of work and whether it is my place to be where I am at. I don't believe anyone thinks they are paid enough, and we all want more.
Is a new job really going to make me happy, or maybe you? Eventually, don't you think that you will get to a point where things are too familiar and boring? The glass ceiling will hit you on the forehead and again the whole process of this lack of contentment will occur again. I wonder if it is just our perspective?
I walk around and talk and hear my friends talking about their girl friends, fiancees, or even wives. I hear a mix of good and bad. Can we be totally content in our relationships? Is it suppose to easy where the picket fence and dog come with the Wellesley graduate? I don't know anymore. We all seem to want the perfect relationship, perfect job, big house, and wonderful family. Shoot, I am still waiting for God on a lot of this stuff. I am not trying to jump ahead of myself. I am just merely saying when we do get into relationships, land that new job, buy that new car, are we going to be content? hmm...
Philippians 4:12-13 states: "I have learned the secret of contentment in every situation, whether it be a full stomach or hunger, plenty or want; for I can do everything God asks me to with the help of Christ who gives me the strength and power."
All I can say is that contentment still seems like a secret to me. I guess with maturity and spiritual growth you will find contentment something easier to understand.
Lord God, I speak out to you lord. I ask you, please to shed any barriers that may distance me from you. Give me strength and the will to continue to pursue you in my daily activities and life. For through you I know I can find contentment! In your glorious and holy name I pray. -Amen
Recently, I purchased a new car. I was driving today and thought(man this car is not fast enough. I should have added the larger engine.) So is this routine for everyone? Is it possible to just accept the blessings you have and live life? I was brushing my teeth this morning and said to myself, "I wish my teeth were whiter." So as most we go out and buy the whitening tooth paste or whitening strips. I was once told that a woman is never happy with her weight. If she weighed one pound she still would want to lose a half pound. How bizarre our society has become.
Don't get me wrong I am just as guilty. I go to the gym to get conditioned but also to look good. But will we ever be satisfied with how we look? How can we become content with what God gave us?
Lately, I have been battling the idea of work and whether it is my place to be where I am at. I don't believe anyone thinks they are paid enough, and we all want more.
Is a new job really going to make me happy, or maybe you? Eventually, don't you think that you will get to a point where things are too familiar and boring? The glass ceiling will hit you on the forehead and again the whole process of this lack of contentment will occur again. I wonder if it is just our perspective?
I walk around and talk and hear my friends talking about their girl friends, fiancees, or even wives. I hear a mix of good and bad. Can we be totally content in our relationships? Is it suppose to easy where the picket fence and dog come with the Wellesley graduate? I don't know anymore. We all seem to want the perfect relationship, perfect job, big house, and wonderful family. Shoot, I am still waiting for God on a lot of this stuff. I am not trying to jump ahead of myself. I am just merely saying when we do get into relationships, land that new job, buy that new car, are we going to be content? hmm...
Philippians 4:12-13 states: "I have learned the secret of contentment in every situation, whether it be a full stomach or hunger, plenty or want; for I can do everything God asks me to with the help of Christ who gives me the strength and power."
All I can say is that contentment still seems like a secret to me. I guess with maturity and spiritual growth you will find contentment something easier to understand.
Lord God, I speak out to you lord. I ask you, please to shed any barriers that may distance me from you. Give me strength and the will to continue to pursue you in my daily activities and life. For through you I know I can find contentment! In your glorious and holy name I pray. -Amen
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