Many times in life I have found myself in a puddle of sin. When I traced back in my mind it usually ended up starting with discontentment. Desiring more than one has is dangerous territory, or so I found out.
About a year ago I wanted a puppy more than anything. I prepared and saved and planned. God, however had different ideas. I didn't get a dog. Fortunately I was spared from complete disappointment. I found that after all the work I had put into buying a new dog I had lost a precious thing. Contentment. I was so busy fiddling with desire that I destroyed the real point. Which was to enjoy what I had.
Even the surroundings around me tend to be distracting in my relationship with God. Focusing on what happens around us can anger, excite, and certainly depress. I find that if I envelope myself in the Word I become less likely to be in the world.
Becoming a woman is serious business. (= Staying one is ten times harder.
XoXo
Faith Mae
2 comments:
True true and nothing but true...however I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one staying up till midnight,imagining what I want my future house to look like some day, or what I will be like when I'm 80. Gosh, they say that being a man is hard, but think about the brains of all us poor women, who have so many thoughts, and petties and contentments and discontentments running through our brains 24/7; you would think our heads would fall off eventually. Mastery of the mind, the greatest challenge on earth,(especially for women :) Lol... well considering it is 11:something, I had better take your advice to bed with me, as I try so very hard to control my mind from thinking discontentedly about my future and of what color I will paint my front door on my house in ten years. Well anyway, it was a really good post and you always seem to post all the things I need to hear, or all the things that I am thinking about, or struggling over. Thank you, it is such a blessing.
:):):) Julia (;(;(;
You're telling me! The only way I can shut myself down is to pick up a good book. Even that sometimes fails. I know God will take care of your future Julia!
He always has. =)
Thanks for reading and responding.
XoXo
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