Learning to be content

I found that quote on We Heart It and i sat and thought about it for a bit (there's me thinking too much again, lol) and how right it was, its simple really. Yet i so often do the opposite, i try to impress people, who dont even like me, the kind of people who dont give me a happy relaxed feeling when I'm with them but i wanna impress them and maybe hang around with them because they might be more popular or talented. Which is stupid really, cus ive got a whole bunch of amazing people who are my friends, and they're all awesome and talented and cool in their own way. 

The quote also made me think about God, i dont have to impress him, he already loves me and thinks im wonderful, even if myself or anyone else thinks that I'm not, he does! I havent got to try and act different or try and be something im not or try to be cooler or funnier, i havent got to do anything to impress him. He says we need to just come as we are and he'll accept us with wide open arms full of love!

Spending time with God and 'hanging' around with him does make me happy. Cus he gives me joy and peace and hope and love and courage and everything else i need. I dont need anything or anyone else when ive got him. I think God's teaching me to just be content no matter what. No matter what ive got or haven't got, no matter what wall i may be walking towards, no matter how i feel, i just need to be content and now the scripture comes to mind... 

"I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances." Philippians 4:11

Unchangeable

When i was at New Wine there was a guest speaker doing a seminar on one of the evenings, and it looked interesting so i decided to go, she was talking about how God is unchangeable and how he is forever the same. It was really good how she explained it and went through the reasons why he is unchangeable.

She explained about what it means to change, so, say if someone or something changed, they'd either changer for the better or the worse. But think about it, were talking about God now, so if God changed, then he would either change for the better or the worse, if he changed for the better then that would mean that he wasn't good enough in the first place but it says in the bible...  

"As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is flawless." Psalm 18:30 and  "...therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect." Matthew 5:48. 

So we've now established that God cannot change for the better because he is already perfect and far more than good enough, he couldn't be any better! Also God cant change for the worse because that would mean that he must have slipped up somewhere, somehow. He must have done something wrong that has caused him to not be quite as perfect. But he is perfect, as it says in the scriptures above, the bible also says,      

"...the gospel did not come to you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit and in much assurance..." 1 Thessalonians 1:5.  His word is true. 

It says in Hebrews 13:8, "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever."

God is perfect, holy, spotless, amazing and unchangeable! and he always will be!