Good Saturday morning! Look around your "home" right now. Is there anything wrong with it? I think one answer will suffice for all of us, and that is "Yes!" We can all find something wrong with our earthly homes. If a person had a billion dollars in cash to spend on a home, spent years planning it, hired the best architect, general contractor and construction firm, and spent every day during construction checking and rechecking the workmanship; that person would end up with a very nice home. We could imagine some of the amenities and art work in the home. A few days, weeks, perhaps months, after moving in, that person could start a do-over list. "Next time I'll spend 2 billion and make these changes..." the person might say. The search for a perfect home here on earth will never end.
Jesus gave us his peace. That peace includes a valuable component called contentment. Your house, my house, and the Joneses house will never be perfect, but in Christ we can find contentment right where we are. Being content with where God has planted you is also a great cure for that green pasture syndrome. You know the one where we think that a ranch out in the country, or over in that state, or back where we grew up would be just perfect and would make us just that much happier, if only... Yeah, that green pasture syndrome. We don't realize it every time, but when we have that yearning for a better home or different pasture, we are yearning toward that heavenly home that Jesus has gone to prepare. We can think of what a perfect home might be, but Jesus has gone to actually build one for you. I don't know about you, but I can't wait to see what it's like!
Have a great Saturday and grab a hold of that contentment!
Bucky
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