Discovering Discontentment

We watched a movie called "Courageous" a few months ago, it was aimed at encouraging fathers to become better Dad's and be fathers the way God intended.  Hubby really like the movie and found it challenging, so I bought him the book that goes along with the movie (The Resolution for Men) and at the same time discovered that there was a "The Resolution for Women" book, which I had really been hoping for.  After all, why should the guys be the only ones getting some guidance on what exactly God wants from us as parents!

Well, I finally started reading my book, and in the very first section of the first chapter I was challenged.... no confronted might be a better word, with a look at my own life.  The author, Priscilla Shirer talks about her inclination to rush through stages of her life to try to get to the next happier, better stage and I it felt like she was talking about me, not to me, but ABOUT me.  I have always, since i was a teenager, tried to move past where I was to a better place, to a happier time to anything that was better than where I was, no matter how good where I was was.  And I made a decision at that moment.... I was going to change that attitude, I was going to learn to be content with where I was, what I had and who I was, right now today.

I am stubborn, and impatient and I like to make resolutions like this, then within a few days or weeks it gets hard, so I give myself a hard time about failing yet again and move onto something new.  Not this time, I want to be content, I want to be happy and more than anything I want to enjoy my daughter, just as she is today, without realising that I missed out because I was worrying about being better, making the house better or just the next stage of our lives.  So here I am, sharing this with you, because maybe, just maybe I can find some like minded people out there who want to share my journey and we can keep each other accountable and encouraged.

This is where you can find info about the movie "Courageous" and the books I've mentioned:
Courageous and The Resolution