“When I look around and I think things over,
all of my good days outweigh my bad days and I won’t complain.” These
are words to a song that I used to hear a lot in the church I grew up in. I
thought about this as I read a Facebook post of a mom who is watching her precious
young son battle for his life as a result of a terrible accident. I became
overwhelmed as I read her post yesterday morning because at that moment I was having
a pity party for myself. I felt so convicted after reading her status update as
she described the roller coaster ride they had been on over the past 24 hours
due to the onset of infection and other complications. I thought to
myself “What do I have to complain about?
I know that we live in a world
where there are so many things that we all face. Sometimes those things are
quite devastating. And our tendency is
to become self-focused so much so that we can’t really see beyond our current
situation. But that is a trick of the enemy! If we focus on our deficits, our
frustrations, our issues, we can’t really see the “good things” in our lives.
There are always good things no matter how bad the situation is. My life,
though not perfect is definitely not as bad as I can paint it sometimes. I get
in those self-pity modes where I just want to wallow in my own woes of life. I
can hear God saying to me “Liz, get up and quit your belly-aching.” Paul gives us a great perspective on
this matter in Phillipians 4:12 “I know
what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned
the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or
hungry, whether living in plenty or in want.
In this season I am in, I am learning what this means more than ever. I am grateful for every experience I have had.
When I assess my life, I know that the good I have experienced always outweighs
the bad. I am content. Be encouraged today!
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