Things have been rather crazy on my end...but a good crazy. God has been showing me how much I need to lean on Him. In everything I seem to have a goal or pursuit that is worldly and will never get me what my heart is truly desiring. It is like life where a single person says that they would be happy if only they could get married. Or the married couple that says, if only we could have a baby. Or the lady who is expecting saying that she would be satisfied if only she would make it to 25 week. Or that family who wishes they could just get their kids through college and then everything would settle down and be happy and to their liking.
See?
We are always putting up walls and goals and signs, cheering ourselves on, hoping that once we reach our little finish line, we will be content. This is all a lie.
If you are single and you want to be married, marriage to the most perfect person in the world isn't going to make you happy for the rest of eternity. You will be happy, I hope, but not everything is going to be hunky-dory because you've run the half mile to get to your marriage finish line.
Why is it that we think that running a half mile or a mile to reach our goal is going to to make us content? Why do we live in the world of "if only"? We are putting ourselves through disappointment after disappointment, I'll tell you what. We do the same thing over and over and expect the same result. Isn't that the definition of insanity?
Are we all just insane?!
No. We are not just all insane (though some of us would boast that instability!). Listen to me, friends...
WE ARE HUMAN.
We are going to search the world we live in for the things that we think might make us content. It is in our nature to want to be comfortable and cozy.
*News flash*
Comfortable and cozy is nice for a while, but it's shine wears off quickly.
In order to be content as humans we have to turn our eyes upward. We have to seek what is so far above us, we can't fathom the wonders of the God who dwells there. We have to bow ourselves and submit our lives to the One who can give us true life.
We can't just run a mile. we have to train for and run the marathon. This is what we are asked to do. We are asked to run the race and win the prize. If you only make it a mile, what trophy will you boast? None. If you try to make your own finish line a few miles in, the marathon will still go on and you will find yourself sore with a trophy that fades quickly.
Set your eyes on Jesus. Don't turn to the right or to the left. Satisfy yourself in running towards the Kingdom of God.
So, all in all, I want to say that it is good to set the heart and hope in Christ. You will not be disappointed!
Blessings,
Rachel
Thank you for sharing Rachel. It's good to think about these things. Too many people seek worldly goals and become dissappointed. But never in Christ. Hope all is well with you!
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