Do you feel content with your life?
We are all guilty of comparing ourselves with others, because we have believe others seems to have a better life than us. We moan about this thing or that thing, while looking at others who appear to have everything you wish you had. But is their life really better?
I guess to answer that question we really have to look at ourselves first – When you’re having a bad day or going through a difficult time, is it obvious to others when you’re in their company, or do you put on your ‘public face’ in the hope that others will not see the pain and stress you are coping with on a daily basis. So if we ‘put on our public face’, is it not possible that others do that too?
We therefore should be content with our own lives, after all our life was planned by God, and no matter what we find ourselves having to deal with in life, God is with us.
As I read recently
Our days may be full of trouble (and they are), but Jesus makes them ‘full’ of contentment.
Joni Eareckson Tada (joniandfriends.org)