Loving Life and Good Days
Robert Dawson
1 Peter 3.8-12
How many of you want to experience and live the good life? All of us! If you asked people on the street that same question, you would get the same answer. ‘‘Yes. I want to live the good life!’’
What would that look like? What would it take to enjoy it?
If I asked you to share your recipe for the good life, what would be in it? I would imagine, if we swapped our individual recipes for the good life with each other, while there would be variations, the end product would look very much the same.
We would want some measure of financial security, to know that our needs were met. For some that would mean a job that we enjoyed and that paid us generously. For others it would mean being independently wealthy. Let your money work for you rather than you working for your money.
We would want no stress, no strain, and no pain. Good health. No loss. No tragedy.
We would want a life of leisure and a measure of luxury. Not necessarily a lazy life but a leisurely one, not hectic, not lived a maddening pace. Not extravagant but one filled with more than enough.
We would want people to share it with. Some would want lots of people. Others just a few. We would all want people who didn’t bring drama into our good life and who added to the relationship and was not a drain on the relationship.
All of that sounds good but, it is possible to have what so many think constitutes the good life and still not enjoy it. The good life and the enjoyment of our days transcends possessions, accomplishments, titles, schedules, and comfort. The good life is not dependent on these things. It is not determined by our circumstances. The good life can be found and enjoyed even in the worst of times.
That is good news for us and the people to whom Peter is writing. Their life was not overflowing from abundance of stuff or status. It was not stress free or pain free. They were living in difficult days. Marginalized b/c of their ...
Robert Dawson
1 Peter 3.8-12
How many of you want to experience and live the good life? All of us! If you asked people on the street that same question, you would get the same answer. ‘‘Yes. I want to live the good life!’’
What would that look like? What would it take to enjoy it?
If I asked you to share your recipe for the good life, what would be in it? I would imagine, if we swapped our individual recipes for the good life with each other, while there would be variations, the end product would look very much the same.
We would want some measure of financial security, to know that our needs were met. For some that would mean a job that we enjoyed and that paid us generously. For others it would mean being independently wealthy. Let your money work for you rather than you working for your money.
We would want no stress, no strain, and no pain. Good health. No loss. No tragedy.
We would want a life of leisure and a measure of luxury. Not necessarily a lazy life but a leisurely one, not hectic, not lived a maddening pace. Not extravagant but one filled with more than enough.
We would want people to share it with. Some would want lots of people. Others just a few. We would all want people who didn’t bring drama into our good life and who added to the relationship and was not a drain on the relationship.
All of that sounds good but, it is possible to have what so many think constitutes the good life and still not enjoy it. The good life and the enjoyment of our days transcends possessions, accomplishments, titles, schedules, and comfort. The good life is not dependent on these things. It is not determined by our circumstances. The good life can be found and enjoyed even in the worst of times.
That is good news for us and the people to whom Peter is writing. Their life was not overflowing from abundance of stuff or status. It was not stress free or pain free. They were living in difficult days. Marginalized b/c of their ...
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