Links |
Join |
Forums |
Find Help |
Recovery Readings |
Spiritual Meditations |
Chat |
Contact |
|
|
Daily Spiritual Meditations Post spiritual meditations here to read and feel free to share. |
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
03-13-2024, 08:42 AM | #1 |
Administrator
Join Date: Aug 2013
Posts: 73,696
|
Whack-a-Mole
Whack-a-Mole By Anne Cetas
Godliness with contentment is great gain. 1 Timothy 6:6 You might know what it’s like. The bills keep arriving after a medical procedure—from the anesthesiologist, the surgeon, the lab, the facility. Jason experienced this after an emergency surgery. He complained, “We owe thousands of dollars after insurance. If only we can get these bills paid, then life will be good and I’ll be content! I feel like I’m playing the arcade game Whack-a-Mole”—where plastic moles pop up from their holes, and the player hits them wildly with a mallet. Life comes at us like that at times. The apostle Paul certainly could relate. He said, “I know what it is to be in need,” yet he’d “learned the secret of being content in any and every situation” (Philippians 4:12). His secret? “I can do all this through him who gives me strength” (v. 13). When I was going through a particularly discontented time, I read this on a greeting card: “If it isn’t here, where is it?” That was a powerful reminder that if I’m not content here and now, what makes me think I’d be if only I were in another situation? How do we learn to rest in Jesus? Maybe it’s a matter of focus. Of enjoying and being thankful for the good. Of learning more about a faithful Father. Of growing in trust and patience. Of recognizing that life is about God and not me. Of asking Him to teach me contentment in Him. Reflect & Pray In what areas of your life do you need to grow in contentment? How might you change your focus? God, You are good and all You do is good. Teach me contentment in You. I want to learn.
__________________
"No matter what you have done up to this moment, you get 24 brand-new hours to spend every single day." --Brian Tracy
AA gives us an opportunity to recreate ourselves, with God's help, one day at a time. --Rufus K. When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. --Franklin D. Roosevelt We stay sober and clean together - one day at a time! God says that each of us is worth loving. |
Sponsored Links |
Bookmarks |
Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests) | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Whack-a-Mole | bluidkiti | Daily Spiritual Meditations | 0 | 03-13-2023 08:09 AM |
Whack-a-Mole | bluidkiti | Daily Spiritual Meditations | 0 | 03-13-2022 08:36 AM |
Whack-a-Mole | bluidkiti | Daily Spiritual Meditations | 0 | 03-13-2020 11:14 AM |
Whack That Weed! | bluidkiti | Daily Spiritual Meditations | 0 | 02-10-2018 09:35 AM |
Whack That Weed! | bluidkiti | Daily Spiritual Meditations | 0 | 02-10-2014 12:46 PM |