We Are Far Too Easily Pleased

Where do we find real, lasting, joy?

Not in the food we eat. Not in the wine we drink. Not in the work we do. Not in the home the bank owns. Not in the car we drive. Not in the games we play. Not in the books we read. Not in the music we listen to. Not in the movies we watch. Not in the jokes we hear. Not in the places we visit. Not in the friendships we have. Not in anything of this world.

There is not one person, place, or thing on this earth that will not fade away. There is not one person, place, or thing on this earth that can give us joy forevermore.

I'm not saying we shouldn't eat, drink, have a home, drive a car, play games, read books, listen to music, watch movies, hear jokes, travel, have friendships, etc; however, let's keep proper perspective and seek to find joy only in the one who can give us real and lasting joy: God.

Let us find so much pleasure in God that we innately give continual thanks and praise to Him and glorify Him in everything that we do!

Its easier said than done! I won't speak for you, but I think I've spent enough time looking for pleasure in all the wrong places that my capacity for joy got crippled. As C.S. Lewis put it: "We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant 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. We are far too easily pleased."

Thank you God, for a longing for more. Thank you God, for showing me where to fill that longing!