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I Could Be Content if Only..., by Steve Ridgell
"Don't worry. I made sure your rental has cruise control. After all,
it's a really boring drive." That's what the clerk at the desk told me.
The strange thing about it was this was a drive to a preaching
appointment in central Florida. I thought the ride was beautiful. There
were gorgeous trees everywhere. For a preacher from West Texas, I was
in sensory overload. How could anyone think it would have been a boring
drive? Boy, if I lived in that part of the world I would never, ever
take that scenery for granted.
Now where I live is a different matter. It is flat and there aren't
many trees at all. Oh sure, some people rant and rave that they have
never seen sunsets as beautiful as those in West Texas, and…
I was doing the same thing as the clerk in Florida: taking for granted
the beauty around me. I wonder if we do that in other areas of our
lives. Is the grass really greener on the other side of the fence? And
do my neighbors think that when they look at my yard? The truth is that
most of life seems the same. Unless you are willing to move to a
different part of the world every two or three years you will have the
same scenery. Do I really have to have new scenery, new clothes, a new
house, a new job, a new mate, a new "look", and a new dog to make life
fun and exciting?
It would be so wonderful to be content with what I have, no matter what
the circumstances. How happy would I be if I learned to treasure and
appreciate the things I have every day?
How happy would I be if I learned to treasure and appreciate the things
I have every day?
"I have learned the secret of being content in any and every
situation…"
A man named Paul said that almost 2000 years ago, and I learned the
secret from men and women just like him. And I can share that secret
with you.
Write me at steve@hopeforlife.org.
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Are you presently experiencing a new life? God's word says, "if anyone
is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has
come!"
This new life is a free gift of God through faith in Jesus Christ. If
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about becoming a new creation.
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sharing possessions, compassion, risk, forgiveness, and harmony.
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