I’m worn out from the trip to Texas. Fourteen hours in the car yesterday (b/c of the side trip to Panama City dropping of kids for camp). It really is great to be home for a few before we go again.
This morning I was connecting with our team, going over things and we were talking about some issues we all face. It’s the “grass is greener” syndrome. Often in life we become less than satisfied with where we are and other opportunities, or options, look better. It happens in marriages, jobs, with our houses and cars… it can infect every area of our lives. We begin thinking, “if I had that job instead of this one, or that house instead of this one, or that wife instead of this one…” and we go to a place in our minds that will never exist in reality. Why? Because even if you had that job or house or wife it will not be all that you’re thinking now. There is one thing that your job, house, wife (and church) have in common - you! And, the reality is when you move to the “greener grass” you go with yourself.
You go with yourself.
The path to a better life is not found in changing your surroundings, it’s discovered in changing yourself. How many people have you known that found something wrong with the church they were attending… so they changed churches. Then a few years later (or months) they changed again. And again. The problem… - you go with yourself. The things about your spouse that you really don’t like - the person you’re thinking could/should replace them will have things about them you don’t like (the difference is they haven’t had years to build up… but they will). What if we began to view the people/things God has placed in our lives as blessings and rather than focusing on all that’s wrong with them, worked on changing the things in our own lives that desperately need attention. It’s harder and more painful, but its the only process that will truly take you to greener pastures… because you go with yourself.










