At what points in life have you been the most fulfilled? Think hard. Without doubt the answer is when you have invested a part of yourself for the benefit of someone else. Think about it. Don't you feel more fulfilled watching the joy on others faces as they open up Christmas gifts more than opening up your own gifts?
Remember this statement: What a joy it is to watch children receive a gift on Christmas Morning !!!
The reason it is so much more blessed to give is because giving brings joy to your spirit where as receiving brings joy to your body. That's right. There are two parts to your being: spiritual and physical. The physical part of your being lives to fulfill it's own desires. The bad thing about this is that the physical being can only be satisfied for a short time. There is no permanent fulfillment in feeding your flesh as it can never get enough. How long does the buzz you feel from getting high last? Eventually you come down and your right back to where you started. How about the bar scene? How much does it take to feed your body so that the pain or loneliness you feel is overcome? Does it last forever? One more for thought. Do things you own bring fulfillment? How about a new car? Three months down the road the new car excitement wears off and you are left with five more years of payments. Eventually the very things you acquired which you thought would bring fulfillment become your task master as you have to work and work to pay for them. What a vicious circle.
Deep down inside you ache for something but you don't know what it is? You desire to overcome hopelessness and despair, loneliness, and stress. You want your life to have meaning beyond the day to day getting by you experience now. What can you do to experience lasting fulfillment? What is the meaning of life?
Now for the hope I promised. True fulfillment can only come from bringing joy to your spirit. Man has been created in the image of God. Our spirit yearns for relationship with Him. When we aren't in relationship with Him we don't feel right. Deep inside your being is a God shaped vacuum that can only be filled by relationship with Him. Fill it in and feed your spirit. Then you will experience joy. You see, it is your spirit that controls your physical being. When your spirit is satisfied, your physical being can be at rest and at peace. There is no other way.
Remember the statement I asked you to remember? What a joy it is to watch children receive a gift on Christmas Morning !!! Well, if there is joy in giving then I would encourage you to consider the best Christmas gift given of all time. For God so loved the world that he gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have everlasting life. Can you imagine the incredible joy God receives when He watches another soul receive the gift of everlasting life!!! Do you want to feel this fulfillment? Have you had enough trying to find it on your own? Today, you can begin to experience lasting fulfillment. Next Page.
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