DIS-SAT-IS-FIED

DIS-SAT-IS-FIED Kind of a squirmy, wormy little word isn’t it. How many of you are dissatisfied with life? Hmm? Politics? the economy? delayed flights? changing our history in our history books? lack of this, lack of that….? I mean things are not going so well out there in la-la land. It’s enough to gag a rhinoceros!

But for many of us, this dissatisfaction is a symptom that we have focused too much on ourselves and are angry with life. Stop in your tracks! Did you read that? Are you angry with life? Have you forgotten to count your blessings? Are you neglecting to give thanks to God? Have you become silent in your praise to our Father? Have you quit helping those around you? Thinking of others is how Christ lived. When we follow his example, our actions make a difference in the lives of those we bless and we also find ourselves immensely blessed as well. Can you say, 'It's not about me'? Lizza Baro said, "We may think people make us angry, but most of the time they simply reveal our own selfishness. What usually makes us angry is our lack of control over people and circumstances". Ouch! Lord have mercy!

A pearl to string: If you are finding yourself cranky at every turn, dissatisfied with every aspect of your life ….then change! Change one little thing …. Go… go do something that will bless someone else’s life. It doesn’t have to be a big thing; it doesn’t have to cost money.
Don’t have time? Come on..... pick up your neighbor’s newspaper in the driveway and put it on their doorstep or roll the trash can up from the curb and put in by the garage. OK, don’t tell your neighbor what you did just bless them and thank God you still have a heart to give to others for their benefit and not your own.

“Each of us should please his neighbor for his good, to build him up”. -- Romans 15:2

Staying focused on your trouble will make your trouble sticky and stay around much longer. Staying focused on troubled times will begin to consume your mind and increase frustration and anger. To do either one leads to self imprisonment. Philippians 4:8 shows us how to accentuate the positive. 'Finally, brothers and sisters, keep your thoughts on whatever is right or deserves praise: things that are true, honorable, fair, pure, acceptable, or commendable'. God has gifted the body of Christ to help one another. We each have our gifts and our gifts are a valuable necessity to benefit one another. You are a blessing and you are needed to bless others.

Focus on the positive and see that you are too blessed to be stressed,
You are loved,
Lyndi