Contentedness

…does not come from earthly pleasures

Ecclesiastes 4:8 there was a man all alone; he had neither son nor brother. There was no end to his toil, yet his eyes were not content with his wealth. "For whom am I toiling," he asked, "and why am I depriving myself of enjoyment?" This too is meaningless—a miserable business!

It comes from delighting in the Lord; he is the desire that our hearts long for.

Psalm 37:4Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you the desires of your heart.


Therefore we should not try and find our joy in earthly things, not that those things are necessarily bad in themselves, but instead our contentedness comes from the Lord. He is steadfast and will always be our greatest joy.

Hebrews 13:5Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, "Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you."

Not only will he never leave us, but he will never be anything less than our greatest joy.

I think that every time we sin, we’re saying we want to find contentedness in the world and not in God. So even though we all know it, and I stand condemned as perpetrator of this, I exhort all of you to not find your contentedness in these worldly possessions, but in the Lord.

The Movie We've All Been Waiting For

First Hike of the Season

Most of you probably know that our family LOVES hiking. Last Monday was our first hike of the season. Here are a couple pics.

Carol Burnett in Get Smart (part1) 1967

Carol Burnett in Get Smart (part 2) 1967

Carol Burnett in Get Smart (part 3) 1967

Valentines Day Comics

It's like I tell my mom, I can get four year olds and their forty year old mothers to like me, but it's those da-gone ones in the middle that are a bit more difficult.

Happy Valentines day you guys

And just when you thought you had heard every doctrine

Well here's yet another one to add to my long list of doctrines. Actually this one has to go to the credit of Mike Huckabee. Again, this is only for humor, not a true biblical stance.

Ecclesiastes 10:2The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left.

See I always knew being Republican was biblical.(this is only for humor. The above mentioned bible verse was not referring in any way to American political parties. The bible was written long before American politics came into being.)

The Motions lyrics

The Motions
Matthew West

This might hurt, it's not safe
But I know that I've gotta make a change
I don't care if I break, At least I'll be feeling something'
Cause just okay is not enough
Help me fight through the nothingness of life

I don't wanna go through the motions
I don't wanna go one more day
without Your all consuming passion inside of me
I don't wanna spend my whole life asking,
"What if I had given everything, instead of going through the motions?"

No regrets, not this time
I'm gonna let my heart defeat my mind
Let Your love make me wholeI think I'm finally feeling something'
Cause just okay is not enough
Help me fight through the nothingness of this life

'Cause I don't wanna go through the motions
I don't wanna go one more day
without Your all consuming passion inside of me
I don't wanna spend my whole life asking,
"What if I had given everything, instead of going through the motions?"

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A dorky post

You know you're desperate for a post when all you can think of is a few dincky pictures of your room.

Am I a geek?