Aw, Robin Hood! I love that movie and that song...
I definitely struggle with the wish to always be happy, and then feeling very sad when I'm not. I'm having a hard time fully enjoying this university phase of my life where everything seems slow and tedious and sometimes it's hard not to wish for the next phase of my life.
I agree that there should definitely be a great degree of happiness and passion in you career/what God is calling you to do, but I doubt you'll be 100% happy all the time. I heard a speaker say once that the purpose of life is not to be happy, but to always become more like Jesus... Not that we can't be happy but I doubt we'll be happy all the time, whatever we're doing. Of course, it's one thing to say that but it's another thing to put it into practice and be content! (Something I'm not very good at.)
I'm sure you'll find exactly where God wants you to be! It sounds like you have been very blessed with your jobs, too.
I have few plans, because I know that God's are going to be great! Yay! That's so exciting.
I think you're right about contentment. It's hard, because it almost has to be a silent choice to be content, to just let go of expectations (good or bad) and keep going with life. And we're so conditioned for happiness to be the pursuit of our lives that it's hard to remember we're trying to be like Christ!
Thanks for that reminder, Heather, because I've just been tempted into thoughts of discontent (we have a big family Christmas party that I'm not to keen to go to).. But Jesus just kept loving and living. And wasn't he a "man of Sorrow"? He certainly wasn't running through the streets clicking his heals and leaping for joy all of the time! But he was walking with the knowledge of God and his love for the world. And I'm sure he had a smile for everyone he passed!
Good thoughts - especially about knowing that nothing is going to always keep us happy in this life.
I'm definitely in a similar place (although lacking the enjoyment of my current job) - just wanting to use this time that I have (and all my life, really). Sometimes I feel like I'm floundering a bit, but I trust that God will guide me and use me wherever I am - if I just let Him.
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I definitely struggle with the wish to always be happy, and then feeling very sad when I'm not. I'm having a hard time fully enjoying this university phase of my life where everything seems slow and tedious and sometimes it's hard not to wish for the next phase of my life.
I agree that there should definitely be a great degree of happiness and passion in you career/what God is calling you to do, but I doubt you'll be 100% happy all the time. I heard a speaker say once that the purpose of life is not to be happy, but to always become more like Jesus... Not that we can't be happy but I doubt we'll be happy all the time, whatever we're doing. Of course, it's one thing to say that but it's another thing to put it into practice and be content! (Something I'm not very good at.)
I'm sure you'll find exactly where God wants you to be! It sounds like you have been very blessed with your jobs, too.
I have few plans, because I know that God's are going to be great!
Yay! That's so exciting.
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Thanks for that reminder, Heather, because I've just been tempted into thoughts of discontent (we have a big family Christmas party that I'm not to keen to go to).. But Jesus just kept loving and living. And wasn't he a "man of Sorrow"? He certainly wasn't running through the streets clicking his heals and leaping for joy all of the time! But he was walking with the knowledge of God and his love for the world. And I'm sure he had a smile for everyone he passed!
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I'm definitely in a similar place (although lacking the enjoyment of my current job) - just wanting to use this time that I have (and all my life, really). Sometimes I feel like I'm floundering a bit, but I trust that God will guide me and use me wherever I am - if I just let Him.
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