So much time I've spent wishing for different circumstances than those that are in front of me. I've wished to be back home around my close friends and family, I've wished I could be a part of leading worship again, I've wished I had a companion to walk through all the changes of life with. None of these desires are in and of themselves are bad, but the more I think on these things, the more I focus on the circumstances I wish were in front of me, the less contented I am with the circumstances that are actually in front of me. The more I say, "I wish," or "If only," the more I'm telling God that following Him isn't enough and the less I believe in the full life God intended for me to live out. Jesus came that I might have life to the full, and the enemy is trying to destroy that life. You know those times when I have a break down and I think, "I wish I could talk to someone back home that knows me well." Or times when I can't reach something up high or something is too heavy to lift and I think, "I could really use a man right now." I need to stop living in this attitude that there are things, people, circumstances that I need to come across in order to have a full life. In Christ, full life is here, it's now, and it's for me to partake in. I need to give my desires to God and delight myself in Him so that my desires become His desires. There is full joy in following God, even without a man by my side, even when I don't have opportunity to be a part of a worship team, and even when I'm miles away from the ones that know me best.
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