I think the first step to really getting more out of life involves realizing that God is NOT trying to spoil your fun, but actually trying to give you more. God is not trying to take something away from your life and experience – but trying to add to it. Everything God wants and asks of you is really for your benefit. So this week I want to expand on this… But to tide you over, you can watch Dachshund and mull over a couple of wise thoughts that were passed on to me:
1) Some of you have heard the quote from C.S. Lewis, that when it comes to God, we are like the silly child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea… 2) A mentor of mine once told me that the problem with doing only what we want is that we never get to live beyond our imagination. The best we can experience is not the best God has to offer, but is limited to our childish imagination. God really does have something even better in mind.
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