Since my life took an entrepreneurial turn, I have often found myself wishing for and even at various times begging for ANY kind of job. I also find myself looking back to when I had a job and could take care of all that needed to be taken care of in my life and for my family. It was the part of being an adult I loved the most--handling my business and helping others when they needed.
This time in my life, though it has been the most rewarding in the lives I have touched and the impact my words, actions and songs have had, has been the most difficult because I often find myself assessing my situation based on the worlds' standards; so I find myself struggling with ENVY.
The definition of envy is: a feeling of discontent or covetousness with regard to another's advantages, success, possessions, etc. While I don't openly show discontent or covet others, I do continually go back to a time when I "had" what everyone else had. It never occurred to me that what I had been feeling was envy, because it's ME--how do you envy yourself?? It's when you continually compare when life was easy to your struggles now and start to beat yourself up about it.
So how do we get rid of this way of thinking? How does one look back without resentment or where they are now and continue to walk the path before them?
I have to continually stay in the word and stay prayed up. When I'm not in the word, these kind of destructive thoughts enter my head and make it difficult for me to even get up! Find some texts to start your day and keep moving!
I leave you with this: Romans 8:28 -- And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. God knows, cares and is in control of where we are at ANY given point. We can't be concerned about what we have or don't have; all we can do is pray and put one foot in front of the other!! Got Envy? Shake it off!!!
ONWARD
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