Contentment

Contentment

 

Satisfied? That is one thing we are not. We are not satisfied.

 

We push back from the table and pat our round bellies, "I'm satisfied", we declare. But look at us a few hours later, back in the kitchen picking over leftovers.

         

          We wake up after a good night's rest and hop out of bed. We couldn't gob back to sleep if someone paid us. We are satisfied – for awhile. But look at us a dozen or so hours later, crawling back in the sheets.

 

          We take a vacation of a lifetime. For years we planned. For years we saved. And off we go. We satiate ourselves with sun, fun, and good food. But we are not even on the way home before we dread the end of the trip and begin planning another.

 

We are not satisfied.

 

          As a child we say, "If only I were a teenager." As a teen we say, "If only I were an adult." As an adult, "If only I were married." As a spouse "If only I had kids." As a parent, "If only my kids were grown." In an empty house, "If only my kids would visit." As a retiree in the rocking chair with stiff joints and fading eye sight we pine, "If only I were a child again."

 

          We are not satisfied. Contentment is a difficult virtue. Why?

 

          Because there is nothing on earth that can satisfy our deepest longing. We long to see God. The leaves of life are rustling with the rumor that we will…and we won't be satisfied until we do!

(Max Lucado)

 

What do you wish for in your life? Money, power, maybe fame? God said, "You shall have no other god before me." (Exodus 20:3) Only when we get to our eternal home with our Father, will we be truly satisfied.

 

In Christ,

Rick

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