Contentment

WORD
Do not love the world or anything in the world.  If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.  For everything in the world-the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the bosting of what he has and does- comes not from the Father but from the world.  The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever.
1 John 2:15-17

TODAY’S THOUGHT
Our culture constantly bombards us with the thought that we need what we do not have and that we never have enough. Before we know it our focused attention is on the temporary things of this world instead of the eternal things that will last forever.
As we begin to seek God every day through his word and through prayer, He begins to give us a new perspective of contentment in this life. His greatest desire is that we love Him and seek Him above all else and that we love others as He has loved us! God and people’s souls are the only things that are going to last for eternity!

TODAY’S PRAYER
Father I thank you that you are my creator and the creator of this beautiful world in which I live! I know that it is your desire for me to enjoy this life to the fullest, but for me to fully live my life I must love you above all else. As I go throughout this day I pray that you will help me make a priority of the eternal things! In Jesus’ name, Amen.

This passage, and the thought that accompanies it reminds me so much of our life right now, and our desires vs. our needs.  Having a small child, we would LOVE to be able to find a single-family home, or even a townhome in our price range, and in the area we would like to live.  Do we NEED a new place to live?  The answer is quite simple...NO.  But the world keeps telling us the opposite.  It is a daily struggle for us to be content in our situation.  To be content in our housing situation, and in life in general.  God's ways and plans are bigger and better than our own.  A hard concept to deal with at times, but one that is important to remember.