Contentment (3 of 5)
Series: Feeling Great About Life
Ryan Heller?
Psalm 62?
This past week I was going through the Facebook pages of some of my friends. One of them looked like he had been on the bench press 24/7. He was about to bust out of his shirt. I was thinking, ''Oh my gosh. Just a few years ago he was like a normal dude. Now he's huge.'' Then I looked down at my biceps, and I said, ''Oh no, what's wrong with me?'' I looked at the picture of my friend, and I looked at myself, and I felt like a weakling.
I kept going through Facebook, and another one of my friends had moved into this beautiful house. I saw the countertops, and the square footage, and the carpet, and the paint. Everything was immaculate. I thought, ''I want to live in a house like that.'' I looked at my house and said, ''My house is so insufficient.''
Then I found another friend. He was doing all these fantastic family activities. He had cool pictures he used to make a collage on Facebook. He had a picture of himself and all of his kids in Broncos uniforms at a game. Then he had another picture of them camping, and another photo of his family. I started thinking, ''I'm not doing enough with my family. What's wrong with me? My kids are going to be emotionally damaged. They don't even know how to make a campfire. I've never taken my kids camping or to a Broncos game.''
I kept going through the pictures, and I began to struggle with something we all struggle with: contentment. Have you ever looked at your life, and at somebody else's life, and said, ''I wish I had that''? Have you ever struggled in the area of contentment? We all do from time to time.
Everything we see on social media is edited, cropped or filtered. Nobody shows a picture of themselves screaming and yelling at their spouse. I know there are some creepy people on social media, but how many have you seen who are taking a selfie while they're getting fired at work? How many people are at Walmart, and they're ...
Series: Feeling Great About Life
Ryan Heller?
Psalm 62?
This past week I was going through the Facebook pages of some of my friends. One of them looked like he had been on the bench press 24/7. He was about to bust out of his shirt. I was thinking, ''Oh my gosh. Just a few years ago he was like a normal dude. Now he's huge.'' Then I looked down at my biceps, and I said, ''Oh no, what's wrong with me?'' I looked at the picture of my friend, and I looked at myself, and I felt like a weakling.
I kept going through Facebook, and another one of my friends had moved into this beautiful house. I saw the countertops, and the square footage, and the carpet, and the paint. Everything was immaculate. I thought, ''I want to live in a house like that.'' I looked at my house and said, ''My house is so insufficient.''
Then I found another friend. He was doing all these fantastic family activities. He had cool pictures he used to make a collage on Facebook. He had a picture of himself and all of his kids in Broncos uniforms at a game. Then he had another picture of them camping, and another photo of his family. I started thinking, ''I'm not doing enough with my family. What's wrong with me? My kids are going to be emotionally damaged. They don't even know how to make a campfire. I've never taken my kids camping or to a Broncos game.''
I kept going through the pictures, and I began to struggle with something we all struggle with: contentment. Have you ever looked at your life, and at somebody else's life, and said, ''I wish I had that''? Have you ever struggled in the area of contentment? We all do from time to time.
Everything we see on social media is edited, cropped or filtered. Nobody shows a picture of themselves screaming and yelling at their spouse. I know there are some creepy people on social media, but how many have you seen who are taking a selfie while they're getting fired at work? How many people are at Walmart, and they're ...
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