Satisfied

Discontentment...

Been trying to sell our house; year 2, no offers yet.

Been doing jiu-jitsu for 4 years; no black belt yet. Got another 8 years to go.

I've got a '94 Honda 'Gas port' with 199k. The thing screams, "get another car!"

Contentment
Been teaching for 4 1/2 years. This year was my first rehire.

Got a beautiful wife who loves me. Got a beautiful daughter and a button in a belly (who will come out in 9).

Been a Christ follower for 8 years.

With all this you'd think I'm the most content man on earth, but I'm not all the time.

Rambles:
Contentment must be another name for happiness.

Why do I search for contentment when the things in my grasp don't satisfy contentment's thirst? I look. I grasp. I'm not satisfied.

It's so weird how I keep coming back to the same things as if they will help me. It's like the difference between eating chocolate covered, creme filled donuts or eggs, bacon, toast and OJ for breakfast. They both have the same effect, but the effect of one lasts most of the day. So where's the good meal? I don't think I can live on donuts alone.

Matthew 4:4
"...It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.'"

I know I will not be satisfied by any good (or bad) thing on this earth for very long. Jesus has got to keep teaching me about how he helped Paul say in 2 Corinthians 2:9-10 "But he said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.' Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong."

Jesus, please teach me, "Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content. I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need. I can do all things through him who strengthens me."