Finding Contentment in a World of Want
Do you struggle with contentment? I do. Throughout my life, I’ve looked at the lives of others and desired more. I have wished for an HGTV-worthy home, clothes like all the Instagram influencers wear, a large readership like my favorite bloggers, a fancy degree from a dream college, a child as obedient as theirs, and the like.
Do you feel this constant longing too? Does every scroll through Instagram or Pinterest leave you scowling in disgust at your own life by comparison?
At times, I believed that if only one of my wishes were fulfilled, then I could truly be content as the Bible commands. Yet each time I received one of those desires, I found something else to wish for.
So, how do we cultivate real contentment? Some of us may seek to achieve it by striving and toiling until we bring these realities to life. Others reach for it by creating a gratitude list that they review every morning at their bedside. Yet Scripture shows neither brings lasting contentment—we first need heart surgery by the Great Physician.
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Have you ever compared your suffering with the suffering of others? My grief isn’t as bad as hers. Yet your suffering is minimized, and true sorrow is neglected rather than tended to.