Here are some thoughts on the 10th chapter of The Greener Grass Conspiracy":
"Discontentment happens when I don't have what I want. Contentment happens when I realize that I have so much more than I deserve."
There are so many simple things in life that we can be thankful and content for that we don't even realize half the time. Like life, health, food, clothing, shelter, and the list could go on. We take these things for granite every day and we should be thankful and thanking God for giving us these simple things we need to have in our life. Another thing to be thankful for is another day to live life. Many people die in a day and for a number of reasons so we should be thanking God for providing for us and giving us another day.
We should stop to think a minute of how grateful and content we really are. How many times a day do you or I stop to take our walking and our breathing for granite? Or things that we are good at or enjoy doing? We should be thankful to God for all these things and so much more! I know I need to work on expressing my thankfulness by letting God know I am thankful for his graciousness and his loving me.
Most of the time we complain about things we don't have and we really should be thanking God for all the things that we have and need because he is the more gracious God and gives us what we need. Just think of people that don't have these things and we are complaining that we want more. It makes you stop and think for a while of all the things you really are grateful for, you just don't show it or express it. I really need to look at my life and take a step back and be grateful for being alive and being able to live my life for the glory of God and to bring honor to His name instead of complaining what I don't have.
One step that I think of to be more grateful for the things I have is to just stop in my busy, crazy life/day and just to offer a thanks up to God for letting me alive and able to do the things that I need to do and enjoy doing and purposely live my life in such a way to bring honor and glory to His name.
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