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My mind is constrained to such smallness so often. I sense these deep ruts in my thought process and instinctively go to the same things again and again.

To fight discontentment I must strive to turn to Christ to expand my vision until he captures all of it. Nothing lesser grasps my heart in a way that is deeply satisfying. When I turn over in my head, all day long, smaller things, I feel distracted and disappointed at the end.

Fixation on the Gospel is my only hope for peace in the midst of anxiety, happiness, grief, conflict, and on and on. Conversely, when I am not focused on truth above all other things, things and people start to become big obstacles in my way. I desperately need the corrective lens of scripture to re-focus my eyes on my very, very big and totally fulfilling Lord.

If I cannot find my joy in Jesus, I will not find it at all.