Why is it so hard to be content?

In this day and age especially in South Florida, how come we aren't content with what we have? How many times have you asked yourself, if God would just give me this, or if I was driving this, or if my relationship was like this, or if your like me, if I had a relationship to even ponder, I would be happy. Let's go a step further and say you are blessed with some of those things, you're okay for a day or two, then you find yourself wishing and wanting again....Why can't we just be content? The apostle Paul was. He had it all figured out. He found the way to be content in every situation, and he had many ups and downs. I think if we can learn to be content, we will find peace. How do we start? Well, you stop. Stop looking to material things to fill your void, stop looking for people to make you happy. Our Father fills us with everything we need. The key word however, is need, not want. If we can get our needs and our wants to be the same, we'll be good to go. It's hard when its a consumers world, but if we want peace (contentment), we have to stop looking elsewhere and start building our relationship with our Father.
...and the peace of God which transcends all understanding will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus....Phil 4:7, this is all we need and therefore all we want....

Communication

What is one of the most important things in ANY relationship? Communication. Clear communication I might add....I was not very clear to my ministry team on the schedule for this weekend, hence I was down two volunteers. Totally my fault. Often what I have going on in my head isn't clearly communicated. Mostly because you really don't want to know what is going on inside of my head, and because I get it all scrambled and totally mess things up. I Probably need to slow down and rest. Because if I can't get out what I mean due to craziness in my head, then I obviously can't clearly hear my Father talking to me......

This is Robbie, is his true form. He is going into his sophmore year at South Plantation High School. He is a wide receiver for their varisty football team and he drives me crazy....

The life of a dog....

This is my dog Rockie (actually a few years ago). He's not very smart. He sleeps all day long, except for the occasional walk to the "cat" food dish (not his own) to eat and drink, then he drools his way back to a different spot to sleep. It's a tough job being a dog......