IF ONLY I COULD!

It's how we live often times
when we forget about where our lives our found,
and it's just who we are apart from where are lives are found.
When we either forget about our hope and joy in Christ,
or arent living for Him we spend our lives trying to fill in the blank

Searching for the answer to a serious problem

Good question

it's simple

Satisfaction

We seek to be satisfied

to be at peace with the world

But we can't have true satisfaction outside of Christ

only Christ can fill the void or the BLANK in our hearts

that we so often try to fill.

We attempt to fill in the blank with things that fade away

the things of this world

we try relationships

we try material things: cars, houses, or money

We try status

but all of this just seems to fail!

We never find the true answer

We just aren't able to give ourselves the desire of our hearts

and so the ____________ Stays _____________

!!!BUT THERE'S HOPE!!!

The honesty of the situation is that our hearts come

with that blank unfulfilled

and there is an answer

there is an eternal answer to that blank

one that cannot be erased

one that will not fade away

in fact the answer if we let it

simply fills that void in itself

The answer is Jesus

Jesus is the healer of the broken

and lets face it our hearts are very broken apart from Him

He doesn't just bring a temporary reason to smile and be happy

but instead He brings an eternal Joy regardless if it's smiling time

or crying time. No matter where we are Christ gives us a joy

and a peace. It's different than just a fun time or being happy for a little bit

the world aimlessly searches for a good time

yet afterwards have no peace

But Christ brings peace in times that are just downright horrible

times of loss and intense pain

times of debt

times when most people would look at us and think

"there's no way they could have peace."

Christ brings peace, and not only peace, but JOY!

Fill in the blank

with Jesus

Seek Him out at all times

Durying sunny and rainy days

day and night

in the valley or up the mountain

On top of the mountain and the tumble back down

Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of Your heart

Commit your ways to the Lord!

Trust in Him and He will do this

Psalm 37:4-5

Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked

or stand in the way that sinners take

or sit in the company of mockers

BUT WHOSE DELIGHT IS IN THE LAW OF THE LORD,

AND WHO MEDITATES ON HIS WORD DAY AND NIGHT

Psalm 1:1-2

fill in that _____________

With the eternal King :)

Be satisfied

don't just look for a few temporary good times