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.
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