"...I shall not want..."

I am the poster child for issues with contentment.  I need to learn to walk through this world and not be fooled into thinking the 'next great thing' will bring joy and happiness.

The book I am reading now, Traveling Light, by Max Lucado, takes you through the 23rd Psalm..."The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want."  It brought to my heart something that the Spirit had pointed out before - being content with what God has blessed me with NOW, not what I can obtain in the future.  Why is it that I find myself drifting into the deadly circle of dreaming of more money, a different car, house, etc, losing any joy I might have when those things do not happen, and then feeling discontent with what I have and where I am?  God forgive me for being so ungrateful.  Few things are as ugly as an ungrateful child.  It robs the joy of the giver and the receiver.

I am that ungrateful child.