Daddy's Home: Life is Hard

Life can be hard. This means a lot of different things for each person. I over think everything, and have to have meaning to what I'm doing. This is especially hard when it comes to choosing a career or just a job. I know that you're suppose to just work and be content. That's what we are taught. find a job that pays well and take care of your family. So what does taking care of your family really mean? Of course cover the necessities, utilities, rent, food, clothing etc..But what do we really need compared to what we think we are suppose to need. When I think about the upcoming holiday season I think what I should be really teaching my kids. We quickly say it's all about Jesus, is that really what we truly believe or teach. Maybe our routines show that, going to church, reading the word. But what I see is the pressure to buy more things for people who don't need anything, me included.
A phrase that has recently started bothering me is, "be in the world, not of it." To me that's impossible. Most of our goals in this life are somewhat related to money. We push our careers to succeed in this world, which puts you of the world. I believe if we truly believed every part of the bible, we wouldn't be worried about what job we had, how much money is in our account, is our house big enough, or is our car new enough. And we wouldn't be judging anyone, because like our own hearts, they are very complex and we know that we are all sinners. We tend to focus on areas we don't struggle with and try to fix them for others. I wish we wholeheartedly knew who Jesus was and followed Him instead of what we are told by Men. Show me a man in history that didn't have his own selfish agenda in mind. We are all selfish, we can't help it, we are born that way. So basically we are all hopeless by our own merit and if you believe you are forgiven then you have no place to look down at anyone, because you didn't do anything worth noting.

It seems to me that when someone lives out what they believe fully, they are a little off. I hope that someday I'm considered a little off. I don't want to be classified in to a specific group.