Enjoying Life To The Fullest
Remember when you had a new toy? Even now as adults we sometimes can’t sleep when there’s something new. We just have to play with it, don’t we?
I went back to being a child a few days ago. You see, I have this new camera that I can’t wait to use during the Kadayawan festival. I even took a leave from work just to be able to enjoy the festivities to the fullest.
So off we went to where the show was. I was contentedly shooting photos using my brand new point and shoot camera. Naturally other photographers came to where I was to take photos as well. You’d think that my countenance didn’t change. Well it did, from being content and happy to being jealous and miserable. After all, what is my camera compared to their’s with zoom lenses?
Then it dawned upon me that I was sinning. My jealousy got the better of me. Instead of enjoying the moment I was so caught up in my misery and I failed to fully see the beauty of things unfolding before my eyes.
Many of us go through life looking at what other people have while we fail to enjoy what God has given us. We may never have everything we want but we definitely have everything we need. Today, let us begin to really count our blessings and name them one by one.
March 20, 2009 at 1:36 pm
the best way to counter jealousy and envy – always compare yourself with the lesser ones. what a relief, whew! thank God for that realization because if not, i will be frankly disappointed and discontented with the things i have.
March 20, 2009 at 1:48 pm
Doki,
Or better yet, not compare at all. For it is in comparing that our horns and tails slowly get longer. The danger with comparing with the “lesser ones” would be … pride. “Hmmmm, I am better that you!” di ba?
Solution? – compare ourselves to Christ then we will realize that we are nothing without His mercy and grace.
April 2, 2009 at 5:46 pm
yup…James 4:6
“God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble”