You are Enough

 

 

In her incredible book One Thousand Gifts Ann Voskamp wrestles with her life and whether she is ever going to feel content with herself. In one chapter she writes: "Would I ever be enough, find enough, do enough?" Her question is profound and one that many of us may have asked ourselves.

Can I take a moment to remind all of us that in God's eyes we are enough! God loved every one of us to the ultimate extreme - He gave Jesus for us - surely that is LOVE in action? If you need to read it with your own eyes then start with these two verses today:

Deuteronomy 23:5 - However, the Lord your God would not listen to Balaam but turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the Lord your God loves you.

 

John 16:27 - No, the Father himself loves you because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God.

 

Living in Grace

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Discontentment

One of the hardest thing to master in this life will be Contentment. We struggle to come to a place of feeling satisfied with the things in our lives. We ask questions such as these:

When will I have enough? 
Why is this wrong? 
When will this change? 
Why can't that person be different? 

In reflecting on this topic, Benjamin Franklin once remarked:  "Contentment makes poor men rich; discontentment makes rich men poor." 

The writer to the Hebrews adds his clear voice on this issue: 


"Keep 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.”(Hebrews 13:5)

Question: What is the one thing that is causing you discontent at the moment? Is God perhaps trying to teach you something through this particular situation? 

Living in Grace
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