A friend of mine said something to me this morning that made me think. So, of course, I have to run and sit in the big blue chair for a second because I think it might make you think too.
When was the last time you were in the middle of a fight with your husband and you said to him...."Wait a second honey, I want to take a picture of this very moment so I can remember it forever." or when your child is throwing a fit in the grocery store on a day that you are already past your boiling point and the little old lady is giving you that, "she is a horrible mother" look? How about when you wake up in the morning and you have goo on your face and you look like a cross between some unknown 80's rocker and Phyllis Diller?
Would you then post that loud and proud on Facebook and tell the world about it? No, of course you wouldn't. We wouldn't want the world to think we are....NORMAL...now would we??!!!
No one's life is perfect. If you were to talk to the most beautiful woman in the world who has the perfect husband and perfect kids and perfect house and all the money in the world, and she were to be perfectly honest with you she would have something that she wasn't happy with. It's human nature! It's what makes us what we are. If we were all satisfied all the time we would never seek or happen upon change and if we never seek or happen upon change this world would be pretty stagnant and boring.
What does your life look like? Have you been married for 20 years and you are bored with your relationship, your kids don't need you anymore and you feel like an elephant sat on your face?
Are you still single after trying to find "the perfect spouse" for years and you don't understand what happened to them along life's way?
Are you divorced and trying to find someone to share your life with and the best your coming up with is someone who has good teeth?
Step back a second. Realize this. Your contentment has to come from within. God wants you to realize that he is enough. You need nothing else in this world but him and to covet a life that someone else has is only saying that you are not content with your own.
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. The mother of 4 small children under the age of 5 covets the woman with no kids and an excellent career because she would like just two seconds to herself. The career woman who's prince charming is yet to be found and longs for a family of her own would give up her career in a heartbeat if only she could find Mr. Right and the picket fence house. It is perfectly normal to want that which you don't have. It is what inspires change, but be completely honest with yourself would you really give up the life that you have for what you think is best or would you rather have what God knows is best for you?
Enjoy your life. Enjoy the many different stages that God is blessing you with. Those children will not be around forever enjoy them while they are. If your "someone special" has yet to arrive enjoy the life that you do have and realize you have complete freedom to do whatever you want to do without having to consider anyone else!
Live your life, enjoy it! Thank God for it. Appreciate all of the many blessings that have been laid before you and go out today and make someone else's day. Take a picture of the smile you put on their face and put that on Facebook! Have a wonderful day my sweet friends! You are enough and you are fabulous!
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