Doing my best with what I have by AD

Exodus 20:17
You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”

How do you feel about your life? Do you like it, love it, enjoy it or do you hate it and wish you had someone else’s life? Do you look at other people and their lives and wish you had a different one than you have?

In the Bible wanting what others have is called coveting and it is a sin in Gods eyes, its even part of the Ten Commandments. No one has a perfect life but the life we do have God calls us to be content with and do our best. Being content isn’t a feeling but a decision. Contentment doesn’t mean that we can be happy with where we are and never want it to change but it does mean that we can be happy where we are and will do our best with what we have. It also helps us maintain an attitude that allows us to enjoy the season of life we are in.

God will never withhold something that He knows is good for you, we just have to be happy and do our best no matter what situation we are in.

We're not built for guily by AD

Romans 6:6-10

For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body ruled by sin might be done away with,^[a] that we should no longer be slaves to sin— ⁷ because anyone who has died has been set free from sin.

⁸ Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. ⁹ For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, he cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over him. ¹⁰ The death he died, he died to sin once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God.

Most times sin leads us to feeling guilty. And guilt makes us miserable and weigh down heavy on us. God never intended His children to be loaded down with guilt. That’s why He sent Jesus to redeem us from guilt. He bore and paid for our iniquities and the guilt they cause. As believers  in Jesus Christ we have been set free from the power of sin. That doesn’t mean we will never sin but it does mean that when we do, we can admit it, receive forgiveness and be free from guilt.

 

Our future has no room for our past. How much time do you waste feeling guilty?

 

It's important to think about this because spending time dwelling on past mistakes is something God has told us not to do.  The good news is Jesus came for those who are sick(imperfect), trust God that when you confess your sins He forgives you and sets you free from the power of sin, walk in that truth daily.