my heart cries out.

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employment, faith, God, happiness, heart, job, joy, love, postaday2011, relationships, satisfaction, work

A friend of mine told me something last night that I found pretty profound. “Work should not be your source of happiness.” For me, that was a ‘wow’ moment. While I long to do something on a daily basis that I am passionate about, I need to remember that it should not be what makes me happy.

Holding hands with my hubster, a sweet conversation with him over a delicious meal, cuddling up with our ‘children’ to watch a movie, going on a relaxing walk acknowledging the beauty that surrounds us, a family gathering (i.e. dying Easter eggs or game nights), trail runs along the Swift Creek Reservoir, a faithful building worship experience, bargain shopping with my mom at yard sales, baseball games in heat of summer, margaritas with friends… those are the things that should make my heart skip a beat, jump with excitement and shout for joy. Not my work.

And from this moment on.. I’m really going to make an effort to remember that every day of my life. I know I’ll have another crappy day at work that will put me in a bad mood, but I’m going to make every intention to not let it ruin my whole day. My job is not my everything. My faith.. my friends.. and my family.. those are the things that make my days whole. They are what complete me and if I still have those things.. then what’s to be upset about?

My heart cries out in happiness. I am so thankful for all the blessings in my life and that my love tank is full. I pray that yours is also. And I pray that you begin this journey with me, remembering that work is not the source of our happiness… and it shouldn’t affect the wonderful things in our life that DO make us happy.

an unspeakable joy.

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Best Buy, faith, God, happiness, joy, love, media, Newsboys, postaday2011, Psalms, relationships, satisfaction, technology, The Bible

Have you ever seen the commercial by Best Buy introducing their Buy Back Program? You can view it online here. In the commercial, Best Buy explains that when new versions of technology come out, you can trade in the old and put the money towards getting the new version.

As humans, let’s face it, we’re never satisfied. We are constantly wanting the latest thing thinking it will make us happy. I’m sure we’ve all said, “life would be good if only I could have….” or “I would finally be happy if….” So, we are inherently lured in by the media. We buy, buy, buy and when we think we’ve finally ‘caught up with the Jones,’ something new comes out and then we head back shopping. Our new car will one day be old and beat up, the 3-D tv that was just bought will one day be outdone by 4G, 5G and so on. We are just never truly satisfied.

The real problem lies in that we are seeking happiness in all the wrong places. No matter how much we adore those new leopard pumps we just bought or the diamonds we were given for Christmas, those things can never give us what we truly crave. Happiness cannot be found at the mall.