One of the great curses of this life is, on the one hand, to be capable of hoarding many of the world’s blessings but, on the other, to be incapable of really enjoying them. It is like sitting before a wonderful meal when you have lost your sense of taste. The ability to enjoy the blessings of life is dependent on an inner state of peace and contentment; a stillness of soul that allows you to engage with each moment. This is a rare virtue. When the heart is embittered by a deep sense of emptiness, guilt and purposelessness, everything that enters it is contaminated. Blessings in the life of such a person is like prized wine in a contaminated glass. The rancid state of the human heart embitters every blessing it receives. Such is the curse of godless discontent. It is to always have much but to never truly enjoy anything. I have discovered that when I gain peace and contentment, when my heart attains that wonderful stillness with God, then everything else becomes more enjoyable. With such tranquillity of heart, the smallest things become infinitely wonderful. Every beautiful thing becomes delightful in a way that you never knew before. It is as though you got your taste for life back again and you realise how dull life was before. It is as though something in you is switched on that was previously turned off.
Ask God to lead you to greater peace and contentment.
Read Ecclesiastes 6
