21-Painful Desire: How to Get Contentment

What is that thing in your life that keeps stealing your joy? That thing in your life that just gives you a nagging unhappiness every time you think about it. Maybe it's the way you look. Maybe it's something about your finances, your job, your marriage, your health, education. If you're like most people you have at least one thing that, every time it comes to mind, it just throws a bucket of cold water on the fires of your happiness. You just wish in that area your lot in life were different. And you don't just wish that, but you wish it with a kind of wishing that hurts – like an ache in your soul. What is it for you? Some people can't answer that question. They feel the ache – something isn't right. Something is making them unhappy, but they can't really put their finger on what it is. They just feel kind of empty, unfulfilled, blah. Whether you're someone who can easily point to one thing and say, "That's what is hindering my joy,… " or you're a person who is just kind of stuck in a generalized, undefined joylessness, today's passage is going to show you the way out of that.