Hopeless Cause

     Sometimes I feel like a hopeless cause. I want to do and say the right thing, but then someone will say something I perceive as rude or condescending and I lose my "godliness" and either respond in kind or leave so as not to offend, rather than not take an offense and move on. Fight or flight are fleshly responses to worldly situations, but as our pastor reminded us this morning, "This is not our home." We, that have asked Jesus Christ to come into our hearts, forgive us of our sins, and be our Lord and Savior, are heaven bound.
     So how do we remain heavenly focused while being pulled daily this way and that by an ungodly world? We need to be in the Word, in prayer, and giving thanks daily to God for His many blessings. The rest of this month, I will be writing my thanks to God for my daily blessings. I so often take for granted God's gift of salvation through His Son Jesus Christ in my pursuit of happiness through attaining more worldly stuff that will rot, wear out, or soon leave me wanting more and never satisfying my discontent. True contentment only comes through the Lord.

1 Timothy 6:⁶ But godliness with contentment is great gain. ⁷ For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it.