A lot of times being content is a very subjective matter... either it is being ok with the situation but you wish it would be better or accepting the situation as it is and forgetting about your expectations. I fell like a lot of time the latter on is what is the hardest to do. If you look at contentment in God's view what does He view it as? Well personally i think that God views it as giving up what you wish it were and moving on. Saying this is what God's will is for my life and i will present each day with JOY!! But you say that is hard...why yes it is very hard. Accepting that bad things happen to good people, accepting that people will let you down, accepting that people will hurt you, accepting that life isn't fair is just a part of life it is just a part of Christianity. Sometimes things happen that we personally have no control of but we do have control of how we respond to them. I know for one that i failed at this today and got extremely upset because I expected something that wasn't so....And that is what led me to right this to all of you!! I felt extremely sorry and it made me think about being content and being joyful even when things or people don't turn out the way you planned.
Wow! This came at a perfect time...I really needed to hear this & work on being content with the things in my life that I cannot change..There is a lot going on right now, that I have no control over & am working on giving it all up to God...it is just noteasy, because as a human, I want to have control, but I am working on giving control to God!
ReplyDeleteWell I can't find where I'm supposed to be one of the editors, but I'm finally committing to it. Anyway, I was reading Matthew 6:19-21. It's about Treasures in Heaven. But before you think you know what I'm gonna say here me out. Most preachers have emphasized the "where moth and rust destroy". Therefore, emphasizing that this earth is temporary, so don't store treasures here. However, the sentence really flows like this if you follow the commas along. "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on heart but store up for yourselves treasures in heaven for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. The bit about moths and rusts is just helping clarify where each place is, grammatically speaking. All that said, Can we have a little treasure on earth? Or does that mean that a little of our heart is here as well? I've got money... Is my heart naturally with that? I've got nice decorations...Are my heart with those? I've got a computer...Is my heart with that? How much heart do I have? Who am I kidding? This doesn't matter, we don't take the Scriptures seriously anyway...
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